You have to calculate inflation. However 7.50$ in 1950 are 85$ now. Reasonable. However more than what we pay today in Italy.

Just did some calculations and accounting for inflation those $178 of 1947 equates to about $2156. Today the average cost of childbirth in US is about $13K, that's roughly 600% increase in cost keeping in mind the inflation. What else of a reason do you need to make universal healthcare compulsary in US when in other countries especially in Europe it'll still cost less than $1000 even today!!!

i was wondering how much this would be today.. so i googled for an calculator. 55$ in 1947 would be ~610$ in 2021 which is a lot but stil way less than what you pay today in the US. this is crazy

That's one daring grandpa

St. Thomas and their fancy new impact printer!! Reminds me of old(er) savings pass books.

Wondering what the Identification fee is for. Making sure they left with the correct baby?

A 9 day stay!

Geez.... I gave birth at the beginning pf the pandemic 15 months ago and have decided to put hpusing over paying the 5600 that my really good insurance didnt cover.....

You'd be charged more than that for a bandaid now.

Even converting for the difference in purchase power that is only $284.89 in today's American dollars.

They barely keep you 24 hours after the baby is born now. Even with a C-section

Wow! Insurance was a rip off even back then.

You must be a problem child. LOL This bill is higher than most of the others.

Strange, this is the hospital where my sons were born. It cost a lot more than this

Now it will bankrupt you

special drugs? ummm

Interesting how the daily room rate fluctuates so.

Why was there a deposit? If you didn't have at least $50, you couldn't get in?

These days, in the UK, you are kicked out after one night.

Why was it in the garbage??

The beautifully elegant cursive handwriting on these old documents cannot be overlooked. It truly speaks of bygone eras never to be replicated.

thats a big jump in a decade

A CT scan costs about the same now as it did in 1977 because the technology is so widely available now. And I had to fight my insurance company to pay any of it back then. Same for pregnancy ultrasounds. They were $125 in 1981 and that is more than the bills for my grandchild's ultrasounds in 2018. I also had to go to a separate doctor because only some doctors had the equipment then and this was in the Washington DC area where medical care was fairly advanced. Providers and insurers make the excuse that we have so much more technology now, to justify the huge increases, but even if technology made some things more expensive, much of it also became cheaper over the years. I paid $500 for my first color TV-the closest equivalent today is no more than $100 and there actually is nothing sold today as low tech as my first TV!

$4 a day for stay...cough, cough...lol!