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Er overcharge???

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Adamr989

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Not sure if this is in the right spot but it's the best one I could find. Sorry if it's not
so my little brother cut his arm last week and required 7 stitches. He got the bill from the ER today for 16,300 bucks and one from the physician for 855. They cleaned out the wound with a bag of saline, sewed it up, gave him a tetnis shot, and a script for antibiotics which he picked up at the pharmacy for 4 dollars. They also wrapped this wrist in a ace bandage with a splint for a couple days. Here are the charges from the er
Pharmacy $129
IV therapy $238 (iv bag was used to clean)
med-surg supplies $53
emergency services $1,119
drug requiring specific ID $12,478
drug self administrated $188
specialty services $1,812
vaccine administration $290
pus a separate bill from the physician for $855
and thought on this???
 
Considering one line item there kind of stands out, I would guess it's an error. Call them and ask them if they can tell you what the $12.5k charge was for.
 
Yeah I'd give the hospital billing a call and ask for clarification. Seems a bit much considering the injury.
 
Sounds about right to me. I don't have the breakdown in front of me right now, but I had a crush injury to my index finger. I went to the ER to have everything cleaned, stuffed back inside and sutured. I also had some pain meds and tetanus shot. Charge was $5000. Won't happen again, that's for sure. Hospital I went to was Palisades Medical in NJ. Worst place to ever go if you have any kind of problem.

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Thank Reagan and the democratic Congress of the 80's for EMTALA, when anyone can now get treated at the ER whether they had health insurance or not. So guess what? In order to stay in business, they can now charge anything at the ER, even if everyone now has insurance.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 55% of U.S. emergency care now goes uncompensated.[14]
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So if hospitals are losing 55% on their ER, guess who's making up the difference? People who can pay at the ER.
 
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