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Glitterati

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77. I will try that next
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 09:21 PM
Jan 2013

As I said below, I've applied for financial aid, but it isn't stopping collection calls. It's actually pretty stunning - within weeks the collection calls started.

I've yet to get the ER bills and only know how much it is because of the collection calls. They don't even BOTHER to send a bill unless you insist - LOUDLY. And, then it's a paper statement with no itemization.

I presume I'm just supposed to accept what they say without even seeing a bill.

That was the discount rate Fumesucker Jan 2013 #1
it's just insane backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #3
Nurses. Doctors. Lab work. Administrative. Maintenance. Security. Housekeeping. Technicians. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #33
And the 'bottom-line' profit (prolly the highest tab). nt Amonester Jan 2013 #49
you left out the massive profit Skittles Jan 2013 #52
Hardly. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #56
it's a racket, and a sick one at that Skittles Jan 2013 #92
I agree. The insurance industry is simply an arm of the investment industry. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #95
No massive profit for me, but state of the art care for my tiny little patients tavalon Jan 2013 #96
At home you don't need 3 of those. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #64
Maybe not. That's just an off the top of the head list. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #84
It's true, though! LisaLynne Jan 2013 #8
That was the retail price davekriss Jan 2013 #48
ACTUALLY, without insurance.. pangaia Jan 2013 #66
As someone who lacks insurance and has for over four years now I'm pretty attuned to this subject Fumesucker Jan 2013 #68
Every medical bill I've ever received was always less with insurance obxhead Jan 2013 #73
Your experience is about more than Jenoch Jan 2013 #2
I had a baby in 1978 and had no insurance. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #4
One of the reasons the OBGYN situations Jenoch Jan 2013 #12
I think you mean "artifically inflated" by the insurance companies, as NashvilleLefty Jan 2013 #41
More BS from the AMA... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #58
I hope they don't have to get a seperate policy, for each patient. julian09 Jan 2013 #67
I had a baby in 2004 130,000 abelenkpe Jan 2013 #57
$30,000 for a delivery Jenoch Jan 2013 #72
So true! abelenkpe Jan 2013 #82
Your insurance has negotiated a rate with the hospital and it is unlikely they will cbayer Jan 2013 #5
My insurance company always says how much they are paying . . . StatGirl Jan 2013 #16
Hospital charges are generally 3 times or more what they actually get from payers. cbayer Jan 2013 #17
THat's what the hospital bills SoCalNative Jan 2013 #6
I know they negotiate rates but backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #7
It's about 50% from my experience. Lasher Jan 2013 #13
I can only speak from personal experience SoCalNative Jan 2013 #34
Ten percent. 1800 is 10 percent of 18,000. Tess49 Jan 2013 #38
I don't doubt that. Lasher Jan 2013 #51
does the hospital Richard D Jan 2013 #36
I have no clue about that. Lasher Jan 2013 #50
My sister is employed, has health insurance, and had the flu. spiderpig Jan 2013 #9
what did they bill her for? dhol82 Jan 2013 #10
at this point I could backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #11
An office visit and 2 lab tests resulting that she didn't have influenza A or B spiderpig Jan 2013 #14
Yep, I have insurance (BC/BS) and went to a doctor at Mass General. smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #94
Day after Thanksgiving, 5 hours in ER, 3 day hospital stay Glitterati Jan 2013 #15
that must be so scary renate Jan 2013 #25
Thank you Glitterati Jan 2013 #31
My sister has had to have surgery without insurance, she was able to negotiate with the hospital to PATXgirl Jan 2013 #43
I will try that next Glitterati Jan 2013 #77
Your hospital may have a system set in place to help you. Lucinda Jan 2013 #70
I have applied for financial aid, but Glitterati Jan 2013 #75
Last June my wife had severe cramping and vomiting DJ13 Jan 2013 #18
dayum backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #19
Yes, she had her gallbladder removed at Stanford in August DJ13 Jan 2013 #23
You are correct about the need for Medicare for All, but remember .... Scuba Jan 2013 #20
That is insane riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #21
all that in the space of three years... I'm so sorry renate Jan 2013 #24
yes it is life changing but riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #44
What you've been through Tsiyu Jan 2013 #30
my friends say I am strong but we all can go through this riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #46
My wife's trip to the ER and overnight stay cost about twice that. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #22
Wow. That's an expensive night. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #26
For Profit Medicine At Its Finest cantbeserious Jan 2013 #27
Hey, we pay extra for 24/7 card guards, plus billing coder armies, and PROFITS! Festivito Jan 2013 #28
Answer: Risk Managers making decisions about "care" in order to keep staffing low & volume high. nt patrice Jan 2013 #29
nothing like that in Canada riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #47
There's a little known provision in the PATIENT PROTECTION & Affordable Care Act of 2010, a.k.a. patrice Jan 2013 #74
and health care providers mislead you about what's covered zazen Jan 2013 #32
I'd say medical review is far more common than not. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #71
For every one with insurance like yours they treat 8 without. ileus Jan 2013 #35
Thanks for this matt819 Jan 2013 #37
simple heaven05 Jan 2013 #39
My recent 13-night stay... spinbaby Jan 2013 #40
I sat down with a neurosurgeon last year for five minutes. Five minutes. Flatulo Jan 2013 #42
Last winter I paid almost $1,000 for a 30-second EKG Earth_First Jan 2013 #45
I'd love to turn a set of forensic accountants loose on any hospital's books - hedgehog Jan 2013 #53
each province has their own plan. riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #54
And yet, the self proclaimed, "Greatest Country on Earth" right next door, has the worlds most RC Jan 2013 #61
A baseline sleep study or EEG runs about.... rppper Jan 2013 #55
oh, for christ's sake 4 t 4 Jan 2013 #60
It's Kind of sad...I agree.... rppper Jan 2013 #91
Hope you're feeling better.... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #59
Exactly. THAT is the problem with medical pricing. I know of doctors who charge a lot of money Lint Head Jan 2013 #62
I'd like to know how they come up with the prices. limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #63
We are lucky to collect 30 cents for each dollar billed pediatricmedic Jan 2013 #65
This is something that wingnuts don't understand. Turbineguy Jan 2013 #69
hospitals and health centers are raking in money Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2013 #76
Most Hospitals RobinA Jan 2013 #90
No, the hospitals are not raking in the money pediatricmedic Jan 2013 #98
Universal health care doesn't solve that...cost controls solves it. dkf Jan 2013 #78
They are building the "Backwooods Bob Pneumonia Pavillion and Conference Center"? FarCenter Jan 2013 #79
i must be worth a million MFM008 Jan 2013 #80
Two tiered society - those with insurance and those without Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #81
They all overcharge OccupyManny Jan 2013 #83
Medical care costs are exponential bongbong Jan 2013 #85
That was a bargain... SomethingFishy Jan 2013 #86
those who have facebook should look up SOCIALZED MEDICINE riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #87
here is anothee good link from an american veteran riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #88
I can relate rightsideout Jan 2013 #89
wow. What's your copay? liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #93
mines a weird but very good system backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #97
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