quote:Originally posted by barracus:
WIP:
What did he do to his arm? Multiple breaks, ripped muscles, ripped tendons?
That is a ridiculous price. You realize that this is what the hospital, er, radiology, physical therapy, etc all charged separately.
The Obamacare will not touch on any of those. If the pay rates follow guidelines for Medicare/Medicaid, the doctor will refuse to take you.
barracus,
He was trying to be John Cena...jumped off the bed onto an invisible opponent (landing on the elbow)...you get the picture. The break was above the elbow, so he required a full-arm cast for several weeks. When the cast finally came off, we couldn't get him to straighten his arm with just PT. So now he's in a splint at night that's designed to straighten his arm gradually while he's sleeping and his muscles are relaxed. We've got three degrees to go to get him there! It was a bad break.
I knew the charges would be separate; this is not my first time to deal with a hospital bill. I just think the amount we're paying out of pocket is crazy. Now we're just waiting on a bill from housekeeping, since it seems to be the only department that hasn't sent us one yet.
