hospital bill

[Cristy 4]

I was in the ER last week thinking I had a blood clot in my leg, turned out I needed potassium....

5 hours in ER

1 leg u/s

3 vials of blood

$2783.56

Being told to eat bananas

Priceless

[vartan 0]

don't you know gauze costs $100 sq/inch.. yeah I went in for "follow up" that I was told I had to go to after surgery and it was $1600 something and they told me when I walked in .. wow you shouldnt of even came in.. *sigh*

[sbgwolf1 0]

I was in the ER last week thinking I had a blood clot in my leg, turned out I needed potassium....

5 hours in ER

1 leg u/s

3 vials of blood

$2783.56

Being told to eat bananas

Priceless

OMG! I was trying to tell my wife how expensive medical bills were here....you just gave me an example to use. Thanx.....Hope your fine.

Wolf

[Not Available 0]

I was in the ER last week thinking I had a blood clot in my leg, turned out I needed potassium....

5 hours in ER

1 leg u/s

3 vials of blood

$2783.56

Being told to eat bananas

Priceless

Understood. i went in because of chronic lower abdominal pain. They took blood, x-rays, and a urine sample. 4 hours later the doctor walked in and said "I 'think' it s urinary tract infection". He gave me antibiotics, turned out it wasnt. So i now owe them 1500 bucks for nothing.

Sometimes I miss Canada...

Edited August 10, 2006 by Stina

[Kez/JWolf 6]

I just had a total knee replacment and the bill came to $48,875.22.... thank god for medical insurance.... my payment $250.00

Kezzie

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I was in the ER last week thinking I had a blood clot in my leg, turned out I needed potassium....

5 hours in ER

1 leg u/s

3 vials of blood

$2783.56

Being told to eat bananas

Priceless

Sorry to hear that, Cristy. I checked into the hospital back in May with pneumonia and I think it was over $5,000, but thankfully Blue Cross HMO paid for it in full.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I was in the ER last week thinking I had a blood clot in my leg, turned out I needed potassium....

5 hours in ER

1 leg u/s

3 vials of blood

$2783.56

Being told to eat bananas

Priceless

Sorry to hear that, Cristy. I checked into the hospital back in May with pneumonia and I think it was over $5,000, but thankfully Blue Cross HMO paid for it in full.

For my lymph node biopsy last year - costs were submitted to the insurance company for about $20,000! Even with insurance I still ended up paying $2000 out of pocket...

[irishgirl73 0]

I just went for a broken collarbone.................I was in the ER for 2 hours, had 2 x-rays & got a sling.

The doctor billed my insurance for $185.00 and I never even saw him. I will have to pay about $800 out of pocket, but I believe the total was $2750.00. I have HORRIBLE health insurance........well correction "my company offers HORRIBLE health insurance".

it is a disgrace

Edited August 10, 2006 by irishgirl73

[Karen_L 1]

I was in the ER last week thinking I had a blood clot in my leg, turned out I needed potassium....

5 hours in ER

1 leg u/s

3 vials of blood

$2783.56

Being told to eat bananas

Priceless

I hope you're okay Cristy and feeling better!

Ugh, I'm sorry about that enormous bill. Medical costs in this country are immorally expensive. I recently read somewhere that more and more bankrupcies are being caused these days because of unpayable medical debt.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I can certainly sympathize. I am on the edge of my seat waiting to see what my recent hospital experience will cost us. Just over 2 weeks ago at ll pm I had a headache, and then in 5 minutes the whole right side of my body from foot to neck went numb and tingly. We went to ER (that is a nightmare story in itelf- don't believe that Canada has a worse emergency room record!) since I was exhibiting 3 of the 5 signs of a stroke! I was admitted and spent two days in hospital while they did CT scans, x rays, contrast MRIs. The good news is that they determined that I did not have a stroke - fortunately. Without a real diagnosis, though, I was released, still with all of the symptoms. My family doctor and chiropractor have since diagnosed pinched nerves and compromized circulatory system caused by a herniated disk. We have coverage, but I still don't know what our share of the bill will be since we haven't received it yet. The good news is that we won't have to pay the $75 emergency room co-pay that is charged if you aren't admitted! I am still undergoing treatment as I still have the symptoms, although not as bad as 2 weeks ago. I may have to have a nerve pathway test next week to determine the exact nerves being compromised. Sure wish I were in Canada when this happened too - although that might hae been a mixed blessing since the hospitals in my city didn't have access to an MRI.

Edited August 10, 2006 by Kathryn41

[pedroh 21]

MEDICAL BILLS AND AMERICAN HOSPITALS FTL!

[KarenCee 3]

We have BCBS HMO through my employer. I dread anything major, even though I only have to pay 10% (after the deductible is met). I'm having to have a few procedures done in the next few days so I'm a bit worried about the costs. But at least I HAVE insurance.

[Jersey Girl 2]

Cristy, every good Canuck knows that beer is a better source of potassium that bananas!

For everyone without insurance, here's what my brother uses. alternative to health insurance The irony is he's a nurse. They're all part time and get no health benefits!

Edited August 10, 2006 by Jersey Girl

[Ban Hammer 13,342]

all of the above makes me happy i get my medical thru the military. jeesh. my company is bad enough with their payments on medical coverage

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I was in the ER last week thinking I had a blood clot in my leg, turned out I needed potassium....

5 hours in ER

1 leg u/s

3 vials of blood

$2783.56

Being told to eat bananas

Priceless

Sorry to hear that, Cristy. I checked into the hospital back in May with pneumonia and I think it was over $5,000, but thankfully Blue Cross HMO paid for it in full.

For my lymph node biopsy last year - costs were submitted to the insurance company for about $20,000! Even with insurance I still ended up paying $2000 out of pocket...

You belong to an HMO? With HMO's there's almost never any out of pocket - just co-pays.