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thenewgreen · 3986 days ago · link · · parent · post: An appendicitis hospital bill -- 55k, of which 44 is covered by insurance
It could very well be real. I wish I would have saved the itemized bill for my dogs leg amputation. It was nowhere near $55k, but it was still a hefty amount of money and some of the line items seemed ridiculous to me. There are certain things that I think should be well compensated for, for example the surgeon. That man or woman spent countless hours training to be able to remove your appendix and keep you alive. There's a cost for that. Charging $4k for one night in a hospital room is craziness though. Charging $7k for a CT Scan -nuts. I realize that the machine is a huge capital outlay for a hospital, but come on... $7500 for a recovery room they supposedly spent two hours in? If this is indeed accurate, #crime is an appropriate tag.