GETTING SICK SUCKS
(IN AMERICA)
So on October I st of this year I woke up with an
excruciating pain in my lower abdomen. Turns out
it was appendicitis. So after about a 24 hour stay in
the hospital I was free to go. This was the bill
I received earlier this month.
First page (front)
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The cover page of sorts. You can see the original total
up at the top. Thankfully I was still on my dad's
insurance for another month or so. $55,029.31 would
have been way too much for me to pay on my own.
Then again $ 1 1,119.53 is still a ton at this time in my
First page (back)
Summary of Services
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Patient Name;
Account Number
Description
ROOM AND BOARD
PHARMACY
RECOVERY ROOM
MEDICALtsuRGtCAL suppuEs AND
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EMERGENCY ROOM
OTHER THERAPEUTIC SERVICES
ANESTHESIA
Amount
2.42056
$7,501.00
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$2,70300
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$4.*2.00
The services I received.
I think you can see how outrageous some of these costs
are. Such as the Recovery Room that I was in for
maybe tv•.'0 hours. Or the Room and Board that I had
for one night. Or maybe the $4,500 worth of
anesthesia they supposedly used on me.
Second page
Suttvnay of Services (cont.)
SERVICE s
ALLOWANCE . C/A
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and
The rest of the services.
$ 16,000 for the actual surgery.
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I never truly understood how much healthcare in the US
costs until this happened. I'm a 20 year old guy.
Thought other people should see this to get a real idea
of how much an unpreventable illness costs in the US.
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