I have, laying between my arms as I type, a hospital bill incurred by my Aunt in August of 1937. She was treated for appendicitis.
10 days at $4.00 per day, $40.00
Operating room, $15.00
Anesthesia, $10.00
Lab tests, $5.00
Medicines, $2.80
Total, $72.80
Unfortunately, the doctor’s and anesthesiologist’s bills did not survive in our family archives, so I don’t know what they were.
My Aunt lived 45 more years, so the care, at least in this case, was as good then as it is now.
My sainted mother used to tell stories of making food for and taking it to someone in the hospital. I guess this was common.