To: Red in Blue PA
Yup , stitches in the hand this summer.About 3 grand.Hospital charges the dr for the use of the room,nurse and tetanus shot.The Dr. that works for a sub contacting firm charges for the hand clean up and stitches done by a student who isn’t being paid she is in training,never saw a DR.
Its called double billing and total BS.
4 posted on
12/03/2013 6:42:36 AM PST by
CGASMIA68
To: t1b8zs
Oh yes and they were going to bill me all over again to remove the stitches.Did it myself.
7 posted on
12/03/2013 6:43:41 AM PST by
CGASMIA68
To: t1b8zs
So you think having all those skilled people just waiting for you to show up is cheap?
You could have waited and made an appointment with your doctor. Seen them in 2-3 days and only paid $50.
12 posted on
12/03/2013 6:49:08 AM PST by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: t1b8zs
Years ago, I stepped on glass on a beach and cut my foot pretty bad. I had about 10 stitches. As instructed, I called my doctor to find out how much it cost to take them out...$5.
In 1961, although I had a good job, $5.00 was a lot of money.
Having watched them take out my appendix stitches a few years earlier, I bit the bullet and saved Five Bucks....
To: t1b8zs
Good grief. I needed a Tetanus shot and went to a DR in a shopping complex, $40.
No hospital here from all the staph infections I read about. A little study on
avoiding infections and using the proper wound rinse goes a long way. 3k, sheesh.
22 posted on
12/03/2013 6:57:51 AM PST by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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