[CGASMIA68]

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.

[CGASMIA68]

Oh yes and they were going to bill me all over again to remove the stitches.Did it myself.

[driftdiver]

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.

[Sacajaweau]

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....

[MaxMax]

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.