My wife had to have hernia surgery, after spending the night in a hospital room in pain, prior to "emergency" surgery. We just received the bill. The grand total billed to our insurance company was almost $77,000! Of course, we can't tell which of the items are totally bogus. Even if I knew some were bogus, the insurance company would likely not care, since years ago, after another hospital visit, I found a bunch of bogus charges, and when I called the insurance company, they didn't care. It's all one big scam! I don't know how much we are going to owe because the summary sent by the insurance company indicated they are still reviewing the submitted charges from the hospital.
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My brother spent about a week in a Medical College hospital and had heart surgery. About 5 days of it before the surgery figuring out wat to do. Removed the pericardium fom his heart. He's on Medicare and a Civil Service retiree. He payed almost nothing. Total bill was almost $4.5 million.
Wow! I guess the 70K a day is about the going rate!