68,000 dollars IS the problem that nobody seems to talk about.
Yep.
That bill covered 2 hours in the emergency room. About one hour in the cath lab, one day in the ICU, one day in a regular room, a stent, some food, some drugs and cable tv.
The bill for the drugs alone was 2,800, the best of which was the morphine. That part I won’t complain about.
The worst thing about the whole deal was I did not get to eat the french toast breakfast I had ordered for Sunday morning, but I suppose I should be thankful, because that probably would have added somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 grand to the tab.
But luckily, since I don’t actually have insurance since there is no possible way for me to afford it, the hospital reduced the bill to about 17,800 dollars, which I just finished paying of a couple days ago with 6 payments over 6 months of approx 2990 each. YAY! I’m happy that debt is paid. But ouch!
Also had to pay the the surgeon, the anesthesiologist, the ambulance, the emergency room doc, the ultrasound tech, the person who read the ultrasound results, and I think that’s it.
So if I have a third heart attack anytime in the future, I’m kinda hoping it kil... wait, nevermind, I’ll shut up now.