Dear So and So

[snapdragen]

I have selective memory loss of my ER bill from the bike wreck last year - but it included x-rays, knee brace, and crutches. Seemed it took a couple of months for my portion of the bill to come.

Shall we compare tomorrow's surgery bill???

Oooh!! Oooh! Let's compare! Mine was $28,000. Outpatient surgery.

[tulip]

Oooh!! Oooh! Let's compare! Mine was $28,000. Outpatient surgery.

Ha! Mine was $12,000 for six hours, including the helicopter ride and the morphine drip.

[Catrin]

I guess I shouldn't complain over my expensive first aid

[Becky]

Those urgent care/medical aid places are awesome. Depending on your insurance, they can be waaaaaaaaay cheaper. (And yes, DH and I are both well acquainted with them )

[OakLeaf]

Beware though - if the urgent care is affiliated with a hospital (which in a lot of semi-rural areas, that's all there is), they will bill as the ER. I didn't know that, so it cost me $600 for a minor rash last year... (I shouldn't say that, because I do have insurance. That's what someone with no insurance would've paid. )

[Catrin]

Those urgent care/medical aid places are awesome. Depending on your insurance, they can be waaaaaaaaay cheaper. (And yes, DH and I are both well acquainted with them )

The problem around here is they are few and far between, and some won't take insurance these days...

[Becky]

Beware though - if the urgent care is affiliated with a hospital (which in a lot of semi-rural areas, that's all there is), they will bill as the ER.

The problem around here is they are few and far between, and some won't take insurance these days...

Man, that's a bummer. We are very fortunate where we are.....plenty of them, and even the hospital-affiliated ones take our insurance.

I guess the moral of the story is that every plan is different, and caveat emptor!

[Owlie]

Luckily I'm still on my parents' health insurance, so we only paid $100 of it. (Getting them to see that I'm unemployed and don't have other insurance, however...)