I had stomach issues and decided to stay overnight at a hospital in the US earlier this year, just got the bill and it seems a little high? If they told me the price I would’ve just went home but they refuse to tell you until half a year later. No surgeries or anything, they just injected me with some nutrient stuff because I was low on some metals.
I was fully insured by international health insurance, so not sure how much I’ll actually end up paying, however it’s half a year after the fact and my insurance hasn’t paid yet.
Why is the hospital bill so high? It’s the United States, my friend. The only country in the developed world that still refuses to provide affordable healthcare.
If the Hospital sends a reminder, just refer them to your Insurance Company.
Failing that, get someone else to tell them that the sight of the Bill caused you to have a Heart Attack and that you had died and the estate had no assets,
Just out of curiosity, what’s the majority of the cost? I assume the first item is “room and board, semi-private”, which leaves like $24k for the rest of the bill.
Seems like complete extortion though. I’m always surprised when I see these bills that a majority of Americans don’t want to, you know, burn shit down and start again.
In Taiwan they charged me a quarter of that for a 3 week stay and a couple of surgeries.
Including semi-private room, food drips, saline drips, morphine drips.
If you can’t pay I think you can negotiate somewhat.
The US is a third world dump. Complain to the hospital, your insurer and the state regulator where this hospital is located. You have to threaten to sue and be aggressive for them to do anything esp with your bs insurer who should have paid for most of this of it was covered but seems like maybe it was out of network so they will screw you. I’m so glad I left the freaking US, what a world class $hithole