This is the cost of a Rattlesnake bite in America

Additionally, most hospitals will send you the 10k bill, then take the 2k you pay and be happy with that, even if you're paying cash.

NO. The hospital will continue sending a bill for the remaining $8000 and send it to collections if it isn't paid. If you go with your hat in your hand and beg they may reduce the bill. Can't say I've ever seen them happy aout it.

Ever read the posts about how a bag of saline costs $0.44 to create...

No, but I read the one about the $1 bag of saline. That price includes the cost to produce, test, certify, ship, store. It's the total cost the hosptial pays for the actual item. In Europe and canada, thats also the amount that appears on the bill. In America, $50-100. And the administering cost is billed separately, another $100-200. Or $500.

Staff prep and deliver meds every day. It's their job! And they are paid hourly to do it. Same for the $26 aspirin. Which also comes with an adminstering fee.

Guess what happens when some gangbanger (subtle race card) Or you know, a parent with moderate income and poor/no insurance looking at a $200,000 medical bill that will ruin them for life.

hospitals do a ton of what is essentially free work Which is written off at full value, and even then it is only 2-6% total expenses.

total out of pocket maximum for this care should be around $6500 should? So you obviously know balance billing from out of network providers from doctors the patient may have never even met can double or quadruple that cost. Did you read the fine print? Oh, I'm sorry, you were unconscious at the time? Yeah too bad, pay up.

You may be an dedicated and caring Doctor, but your post sounds like a moderately convincing shill for big medical. Mostly because everyone hear has first-hand experience contradicting what you say, as well as numerous articles and studies, and the institutions and gov't saying medical pricing is an arbitrary mess. There's just too many people exploiting the chaos for profit. They are the ones saying the system works.

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