He Went in for a Colonoscopy. The Hospital Charged $19,000 for Two.
He Went in for a Colonoscopy. The Hospital Charged $19,000 for Two.
A man in Chicago with a troubling symptom underwent a common procedure. Then he wanted to know why the hospital charged nearly three times its own cost estimate.
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!
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.
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.
itâs 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.
That would make sense if he was a Republican. They've got one at the top too.
he obviously should have asked for a semicolonoscopy.
Wow thatâs totally unreasonable. No one should be charged more than $9500 for a colonoscopy.
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
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.
I had a 15 minute appointment to schedule an appointment and was charged $700.
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!
Dude got butt fucked both literally and financially.
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.
One for the price of two?
BOGO.
Doppio colonoscopio per favore
Talk about burying the lead. The headline should read "man has two Colons!"
I'll have colonoscopy in January, and of course it is free. It is even a paid day off work.
An american is not capable of understanding that
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!
If shit hits the fan, you're doing the colonoscopy wrong