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Healthcare quiz: How much did my recent knee surgery cost, and how much did I have to pay?

Posted by howie (aka howie) Jun 28 '12, 18:46

What was the total Hospital bill (not counting surgeons fee)?
And after insurance paid them, how much did I owe?

PIRR

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Answers: - howie Jun 28, 19:04 17
- What is the hospital billed/discount bit - Karl_S Jun 28, 19:23 8
  - Because if they just charged the first rate then insurance would demand half off THAT. -- nm - Ender Jun 28, 19:44 1
    - insurance co's negotiate a pay scale, the itemized rack rates are so when the bill collectors force you into bankruptcy they can settle for half and - zeitgeist Jun 28, 19:58
  - If I'm not mistaken the bigger # is their quoted cost and the lesser # is the negotiated "Good Guy" rate the insurance has pre-negotiated. - howie Jun 28, 19:29 5
    - I'm in the wrong business, they may aswell print money with those rates -- nm - Karl_S Jun 28, 20:13
    - It's the same in pharmacy. Cash prices (especially for generics) have a rather large markup. - Tim Jun 28, 19:47
    - Plus you had that coupon. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 28, 19:40 2
      - It was part of their "Ortho-Madness" tent surgery sale (nm) - howie Jun 28, 19:47
      - Groupon ftw! -- nm - Tim Jun 28, 19:45
- neener neener, my mom's knee replacement with a week in hospital, pre and post op care...$70 (for 'meals' in the ward) -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 19:13
- Now I feel better about my 32k/18k/2.5k ankle surgery. -- nm - Ender Jun 28, 19:12
- See that is the thing, what hospital bills is nonsense since the insurance never pays it anyway. And don't forget, this is a super nice private hospit -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 28, 19:12
- jeepers -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 19:08
- wait, what? - prayformojo Jun 28, 19:08 1
  - It's going to get worse. Much much worse now!!! -- nm - Conservative Fear Jun 28, 19:10
- That is Amoxy level health care bills -- nm - Bacon Jun 28, 19:08
- Whoa. -- nm - mara Jun 28, 19:06
Too much, Too much, Too much -- nm - Bacon Jun 28, 18:50
$69k, paid $3,125 -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 18:49
I'm guessing you paid $3,000. The bill was probably around $50k. -- nm - David Jun 28, 18:49
Hospital billed $65k, insurance discounted down to $32k, you pay $2k. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 28, 18:47 1
- that was about right for my foot -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 18:50

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