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user-inactivated · 3980 days ago · link · · parent · post: An appendicitis hospital bill -- 55k, of which 44 is covered by insurance
This is all pretty new, as well, at least according to my grandfather, with whom I've talked extensively about this. He was telling me he read something from about 20-30 years ago that an hour in surgery cost about a grand. That was it. You were charged for the doctor's time, and most of that thousand dollars went to the doctor. An appendix probably takes an hour or so (?) -- so you're paying a grand (not even counting insurance) to get an organ taken out of your body immediately upon feeling pain. Seems roughly fair to me. Now it's upwards of 50k.