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Originally Posted by RichL025
No it's not.
That's what the CHARGES are, that's not the COST.
There are serious problems with the finance side of modern American health care, and one of them is the fact that consumers (patients) aren't told the costs (or actually, the charges) up front, and billing is notoriously random and unreliable.
Where did you get that number from? Is it part of your insurance paperwork? If so, don't worry about it, it reflects the hospital trying to stiff the insurance company to make up for all the times the insurance company stiffed the hospital. Those charges bear scant resemblance to actual costs.
Is this from a bill YOU got sent for a self-pay inguinal hernia repair? If so, that charge is out of line and easily fightable.
The actual COST of the hernia repair is around $5K: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26874507
So instead of a Corvette Stingray it's more like a solid used Ford Escort. |
Guess what my out-of-pocket share was: A solid used Ford Escort. 
So I guess they get my premiums, then play ping-pong with the doctors and hospital, and I still foot the whole bill. Cool. 
Pat
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