It’s fricking insane how little the insurance is covering. If they are not even paying half of the cost, then why even have an insurance at all? If shit hits the fan, you’ll face financial ruin either way!
50+yo here so got one, but I’m in Canada, cost is $0, we don’t even have a bill, a bill… for hospital? non-sense in the world.
I’m in Estonia, and went to an operation. Got the operation and stayed at the hospital for one night. Paid 2.5€ for using the bed, so it was pretty much free.
It must really suck living in a place without proper healthcare. I feel bad for all those people.
I live in the US, had a 30 min operation, was sent home as soon as I woke up, and now I owe them $18,000 USD. That’s after already paying them roughly $6,000 for all of the tests just to get a diagnosis, then waiting almost 9 months for the surgery in excruciating pain, maxed out on anti- inflammatory and pain pills that eventually severely damaged my kidneys (causing a whole other expensive health crisis), being mostly bedridden and only able to work one or two days a week for 8 months of the 9. I was already paycheck to paycheck before that. Things just keep getting harder for my family and I honestly don’t know how we’re still going.
I know it’s cliche to say this, but you will make it, it will be rough and tough, but you and your family will make it. It might seem almost impossible right now, but almost nothing is impossible, especially that. You have to be strong for yourself and your family. One day everything will get better.
Yeah, we’ll get through it. I’ve been working towards escaping this shit hole country my entire adult life. I’m hoping we can make that a reality before it gets much worse here.
It’s very doable. Find somewhere nice to be.
Out of curiosity, why do they charge for the bed? If you slept on the floor, would they not charge you?
Bro shut up! You’re gonna mess up my kid’s allowance!
I’m not paying for a nontango satch!
It’s probably just because I spent the night there. I don’t know exactly, but I just know it was pretty much that I paid for the spot.
thank you for your excellent service
You do have bills for the hospital, I’ve actually paid one (5k for imaging)… it’s just free for Canadians tht qualify for health care coverage (which is everyone except a few very limited exceptions).
But, even then, the prices are reasonable.
It’s a good thing Democrats stopped their left wing from fixing healthcare in USA, because that way they were able to hold on to power, and prevent things from getting worse…
Oh wait!
it’s standard for providers to bill for two colonoscopies if they remove two or more polyps in different ways.
Billing for 2 procedures instead of 1 could conceivably explain why the bill was twice as high as the estimate. It could not possibly explain why the bill was three times as high as the estimate.
Because someone’s gotta line their pockets. That’s why
Of course. It’s just that they haven’t even come up with a plausible excuse.
In my experience with US insurance companies… They don’t have to. They do what they do and expect zero recourse.
I wasn’t suggesting that they do. I was commenting on the fact that they don’t even have the decency to pretend.
And I was further clarifying and expanding on that sentiment…
he obviously should have asked for a semicolonoscopy.
That would make sense if he was a Republican. They’ve got one at the top too.
I had a 15 minute appointment to schedule an appointment and was charged $700.
Wow that’s totally unreasonable. No one should be charged more than $9500 for a colonoscopy.
Mine was free from my back alley doctor. All he requested was that he be allowed to hold my shoulders while he performed the procedure. He seemed pretty happy about what he found though from the sounds of it.
Is this sarcasm? $9k is a ludicrous amount of money for a procedure that everyone should be getting as part of their preventative Healthcare.
Yes, its clearly sarcasm.
Mine was about $300 out of pocket with blue cross insurance
That is an insane price for a colonoscopy. No way you can bill twice for the procedure. I would, as a physician, take northwestern to small claims court over the rest.
You were asking for it up the ass, and who better to oblige than the healthcare system?
Dude got butt fucked both literally and financially.
Baker’s colonoscopy. And here’s another tube up your butt, cause you’re such a good customer
No, no. That one goes in your mouth. Wait.
Make mine a double!
One for the price of two?
BOGO.
BTGO
Talk about burying the lead. The headline should read “man has two Colons!”
Doppio colonoscopio per favore
