Re:Total Cost of Her Covid-19 Treatment: $34,927.43
by vidarh on Saturday March 21, 2020 @04:18PM
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On one hand that's awful. On the other hand I can understand the insurance company balking at that price.
I'm in the UK. My ex considered private C section, and checked prices in the UK. We could have had it done by one of the top specialists in the country for ~12k GBP including the subsequent hospital stay.
In the end we chose not to, and our total costs were ~40 pounds/night for her to get a private room (NHS is allowed to charge for some extras) instead of sharing.
Except when they get screwed.
Friends are middle-class teachers in a good neighbourhood outside LA. Have been so for 18 years, have good health insurance.
She has a baby (should be a joyous time), emergency C section required. The following morning the insurance company says $60k/day is too expensive, and they need to move hospitals this very moment or they won't pay a dime. No transport provided.
A day after a C section he had to drive his wife and <1 day old baby in his own car to another hospital.
That's downright barbaric.