I got a bill from my ER visit a few weeks ago - just the ER stuff, not the doctors. $3,572. Gulp. This is thankfully *before* insurance kicks in. I'm not sure why they're sending me the bill before they file it with my insurance ... Get this - the two Tylenol they gave me? $72! Ridiculous.
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The event my boss and I worked today was pretty much a bust. The weather was wet, cold and windy. There were only five other booths there. We had maybe a dozen or so people come by ... in 4 hours (we left early.)
I did get to go into the Student Union which I'd never been in. Wow, SO different than the Student Unions at the colleges I went to.
My boss and a co-worker got coffee at a Starbucks clone - I got hot chocolate. (It was really cold, otherwise I would've stuck with water.)
All of us had packed lunches. I'm glad I did, because there was a Subway in the Union. I would've maybe been tempted ...
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Not much else I can think of, so I'll go off to read up on ya'll.
Got a Bill from ER Visit
April 9th, 2015 at 02:37 am
April 9th, 2015 at 05:18 am 1428556689
I am in the wrong business!!!!!
how do they justify charging inflated prices for a service people could do themselves? This isn't the government o wait, yes it is.
DecisiveParadox for president 2015
April 9th, 2015 at 08:02 am 1428566537
April 9th, 2015 at 09:51 am 1428573103
I don't think people use all the services available from their pharmacist. Check where you generally get OTC or RX meds to see what they suggest/offer. Not a technician, the well education, knowledgeable pharmacist! They can make suggestions to help before it gets to crisis stage. Most important, they make sure that one med doesn't conflict with another.
Do you have a primary care {GP] doctor? Is there a Clinic with extended hours nearby that your insurance will cover to some extent? It helps to review your last 3 years of medical services for repetition. Don't wait until you're so sick you only have ER. It's important to have a full on physical at least annually as preventative.
Hospitals are so expensive to operate with ghastly expensive equipment that lies idle a lot, layer and layers of services your problem does require and specialized staff with more education and training than your problem just then, might require. So many people end up using ER care without paying, Tylenol and everything else is hiked to spread costs to actual payers, insurance, people, government who ever can be forced to pony up.
Just my 2 cents, to try to avoid ER crazy costs.
April 9th, 2015 at 10:57 am 1428577074
April 9th, 2015 at 01:23 pm 1428585795
That union has changed quite a bit since I went there. Sorry the event was a bust.
April 9th, 2015 at 11:13 pm 1428621198
VS - Yes, I'm SO glad for insurance!
Snafu - I went to the ER on the advice of my doctor's office, and also after calling the local urgent care place to see if they could do what I needed - being checked out after having fainted and hitting my head. Only the second time in my life ever being a patient in the ER.
Thanks Amber.
CCF - It sure would be interesting to see the costs if there was no insurance ...
Thanks It was good to be away from the phones for a few hours at any rate.
April 10th, 2015 at 12:05 am 1428624312