How awful, when you feel relieved that someone just died instead of running up a huge bill.

Wtf? People must be wishing that they hadn’t survived. Cost in UK £0 , nothing, zilch. We don’t pay so much in tax that it makes this look like a more attractive alternative.

Just waiting for the day US hospitals start charging for the air that the patients breathe... 😳

What the actual h**l is wrong with the States?!? You could buy a House for the cost of Room and Care!

When in the American tv shows, I hear the doctor quickly order things like: The patient needs a CT scan, X-rays, blood tests and an operation for this or that., I just hear the cash register ring over and over again and I think, My God, they just ruined his life with the bill, he's going to wish he hadn't woken up from the accident/illness or whatever!

And yet the Americans can't see what a rip off health insurance is.

That's disgusting. You literally risk your life every day to help patients for (I assume) rather mediocre pay, and when you become a patient yourself they send you this. Disgusting...

Oh my gawd, that is crazy! My Dad is currently fighting cancer in the hospital. He's been there for 11 days - total cost= 0,-!

The lab charges alone are ridiculous.

Well, if you didn't want to die before...

In New Zealand our daughter was in NICU for 3-4 days. Our bill? $0... Didn't even pay for parking. Got given a pass to the carparks. Single room overlooking the park.

OK So I REALLY don't understand why the FBI haven't charged these firms with fraud and racketeering-plainly this is fraudulent.

Welcome to USPAY where we victimize the victims!

And I'm sure this will have a great effect on this person's mental well-being, too. Great business model. Take people's money, their mental health goes down because they have money trouble, they have to get help, you can take more of their money, repeat. It's like something a supervillain would cook up.

Go on America, tell me how medical insurance is better than socialized healthcare

Don’t these suspiciously high bills often decrease a lot once a detailed itemised bill is requested? I really hope that the do.

and the irony is that bill like that is likely to cause another panic attack as most should rightfully be worried about how to come up with that sort of money on a short notice.

For that money she could have travelled to Europe, give birth, enjoy 6 months of rest and relaxation and still have saved $40.000.

That is almost 4 times what i paid for my brand new car

I'd have had a second one after seeing the bill. Why do Americans put up with this??

In for a penny, in for 18 k i guess then

There is probably a line item on the bill to cover the cost of the card.

i cant imagine how much the surgery was-

How can the pharmacy charges be higher than the intensive care bed?! This is just ridiculous. I'm so grateful for the NHS.

For comparison: In Germany a head MRT is billed with 400 to 500€ if you pay yourself (because it was not medically necessary and thus the insurance doesn't cover it.)

the fact that room and board are most expensive, even more than labor and delivery, just shows what America is like now...

What was to happen if one refuses to pay the bill? ( not from America and any form of health care is borne by the insurance company in my country).

Wth does single payer and covid have to do with each other? They are literally separate issues.

The medical insurance will want the car insurance to pay first. If there is no car insurance, they will go after whoever caused the wreck. If that was the patient, they are s**t out of luck.