i got the bill

[Guest guest]

WHOA! Today I rec'd a copy of the check that my insurance company

just sent to the hosptial, and its $58,918.00!! wow 3 days and

2 nites in the hosipital is expensive!! The acutal charges were

originally $88,554.00, but there was a 'provider discount' of almost

$30K.

I'm really kinda surprised how much it is. It was a pretty routine

hospital stay, its not like i was on life support or anything. lol

and i have to keep in mind this was just the hospital bill. doesnt

include doctors, surgeons, anesthseologist, etc charges. all of

which will slowly come filtering in the next few months. I

haven't yet figured out how much this is going to cost me

personally. dumb maybe, but i dont want to know yet. I'll deal

with all that later.

[Guest guest]

I stayed 1 night in a semi-private room to the tune of $39K. The

hospital is a provider under my insurance plan, so I know they're not

going to get that much in reimbursement. However, I'm with you - it

amazes me that they can charge so much when I needed no special

treatment.. and didn't even have a private room! haha!

Thank God for insurance.

> WHOA! Today I rec'd a copy of the check that my insurance company

> just sent to the hosptial, and its $58,918.00!! wow 3 days and

> 2 nites in the hosipital is expensive!! The acutal charges were

> originally $88,554.00, but there was a 'provider discount' of

almost

> $30K.

>

> I'm really kinda surprised how much it is. It was a pretty routine

> hospital stay, its not like i was on life support or anything.

lol

>

> and i have to keep in mind this was just the hospital bill. doesnt

> include doctors, surgeons, anesthseologist, etc charges. all of

> which will slowly come filtering in the next few months. I

> haven't yet figured out how much this is going to cost me

> personally. dumb maybe, but i dont want to know yet. I'll deal

> with all that later.