Originally Posted by sunnyside

Actually what I did was guess at what they'd do, googled around for the price at other hospitals, and then added some on top of that as a guestimate of drugs and other tests they might run.

FYI the inpatient costs at your hospital were lower than what I found but drugs and labwork were more than I andicipated. I forgot that some of those heart attack related drugs are pricey.

But what did they do in the lab or pathology that was so expensive? Did they find a tumor while they were at it or something?

Originally Posted by sunnyside

Is your list more itimized than that? As in do you have anything that says how much liquid platinum they pumped into your veins or whatever?

Originally Posted by Ziggae_6

No, I actually have posted exactly what they gave me.

Originally Posted by Ziggae_6

and the winner is.................

Sunnyside!

The total was $21,851.70. (his entry was $ 21,534-C L O S E !)

Sunnyside, I'd like to know if you actually know about this stuff or whether it was just a good guess because you were REALLY close. (although it sounded like you were pricing a car ) They did fairly standardized tests for clots, one cardiogram, one ekg, one ct scan and one doppler ultrasound. Treatment consists of bed rest and initially two shots of Heparin (because dose doesn't fit in the syringe) in the waist area every 12 hours, and then later they add an oral dose of coumadin. (both blood thinners). The patient had a couple of routine cholesterol drugs and did receive 2 baby aspirin (yes, there was aspirin! ) Also blood tests everyday to check thinness and blood and some initial screenings. Oxygen (no, not the cable channel)

Like I said, I think the cost of living is lower here. So I tend to think this may be lower than other areas of the country.

I don't have an entire breakdown, but here is how the charges were separated:

Semi-private room (ha, private my ass) 740 per day = $ 5920.00
Emergency Room = $ 1167.10
Lab/Pathology = $ 4576.60
Cardiopulmonary = $ 1793.70
Medical Imaging = $ 2367.00
Respiratory Care = $ 1419.30
Drugs/Pharmacy = $ 3664.40
Peri Vas Lab = $ 723.70
Transfusion/IV = $ 86.20
Medical Supplies = $ 133.70

Total =$ 21851.70

Congrats to Sunnyside, the wise man of medical bills I'll transfer your 1000. Second place was Lucid since so many went over. Forest and Craigers were over but in the ballpark.

By the way, nobody should worry about me paying this whole bill. I've got good insurance (which is better than my old insurance) and the insurance company will "negotiate" a different price and pay quite a bit of it and then I'll get a bill for my share.

I wasn't shocked by this, but I'm telling you, it is hard to predict. A year and a half ago, a bill for an appendectomy came and was $49,700 and that was only 2 days as an inpatient (coming through the ER), but the procedure was done arthroscopically which is less intrusive and doesn't leave the famous scar you usually get from this and you recover quick.

Three months ago, there was a bill for surgery to correct a bowel blockage (that was caused by scar issue that developed from the appendectomy). This was a real surgery of gutting open the waist area and going into the bowel. This was also initially through the ER and it required a seven day stay but came to "only" $ 22644.52.

This was all done on the same patient and done at the same hospital.

Thanks everybody for making a guess and I hope Sunnyside can explain his rational.