How much emergency room costs without a US insurance
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2022
- Recently, my mom had to go to the emergency room. However, she had a tourist visa without an American insurance. In this video, I'll show you how it was and how much it cost for her.
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Have you ever been in an emergency room? How much did it cost you?
Yes I have I went to get an xray once that was 500 in alabama and when I busted my chin the xray + dermabond was about 870
Not in the usa but it was free
0$!
nothing cause I live in germany
I had to take my girlfriend to the emergency room a couple of years ago and she paid $50 out of pocket. We're in the USA so I have no idea how it was so cheap.
my favorite part is when they find nothing wrong (at the time) and basically there is no treatment done so you're sent home basically the same as you were when you got there.
@M I A omg! I went to the emergency to get help with some physical issues ive been having, And they literally acted so careless and sent me back with zero help. I decided to take matters into my own hands now and Ive set up 4 different appointments with different doctors that specialize in the issues im having! I literally refuse to keep living "sick" and unwell. I rather be in debt than sick all the time. Whatever it is you're going through I hope you find a doctor or solution!!! ❤
America…..
@@mxgagat it's spelled 'murica 😅
Yep. Going through a similar situation. I feel so bad for my parents
And then the doctors who do the work don't even see any of it, it goes to "administration" (IE office type people who don't even practice medicine)
that bill is a crime against humanity
Literally
Yes
Whats a real crime is when someone dying of cancer who goes through a year of treatments and major surgeries and still dies then as youre grieving their death you get a bill for over a million dollars. And this is while you're insured (and get insurance through your employer and you work at a hospital)
Its unbelievably cruel. This happened with my mom in 2006 right after he died. It got settled, but i remember how tramautizing that was for her.
The whole healthcare system in the US is a big Ponzi Scheme
Imagine living here
Just the doctor greeting you a simple “hello” cost you $500
If Hi is cheaper I insist they say Hi instead.
No the greeting was the bill with 1166$
@@oltjonmelissa5454That's $250 then
I don’t need to be reminded how expensive health care is in America. We need more witch doctors 😅
No f**king way 💀
About 45 years ago, my wife and I were traveling in Europe when she got hit by a car in Paris. She was taken to the emergency room. Received excellent care. I was sweating bullets the whole time about the bill to come. When we were leaving, I asked about the bill, saying stuff like please just send it to us, we'll take care of it, etc. They looked at us like we were nuts and said that there was no bill - they had national health insurance. It was such an eye-opener as to how other countries handle health care.
(Also, in case you're wondering, she was ok - quite sore, but ok.)
In Germany the same. ❤
@@davidgutesleben1266 Krankenversicherungen sind privat. Was passiert falls einen Tourist ohne Versicherung etwas passiert?
@@davidgutesleben1266 Actually no. In Germany the insurance get bills directly (you usually don't get to see them at all). But if you don't have insurance you can pay yourself. But it's relatively cheap, probably a couple hundreds.
@@Dominik356 Keiner wird unbehandelt fortgeschickt, auch wenn er nicht über Geldmittel verfügt wird einfache Hilfe gewährleistet.
Same here in Argentina, but the system could also benefit from a few major changes
3,000 without insurance for some damn tests and a “everythings good”
can you imagine how much it would be if something were wrong?
Almost 4000...and with discounts! Have you see without discoutns? First Bill was 11 000 something - i am assuming they got discoutns because her daughter works as a doctor too, and probably went to her hospital. I don't think i will ever go to America, let alone get sick there)) here if i get sick (i am a road now) and i don't have inssurance, would be like 30 dollar at most..
It's $3k WITH insurance too, so wtf does insurance even do?
@@jenem9618 Save you from the rest of that $8k
@@gummy5862 Apparently the 8k would come off anyway as a "discount" for not having insurance.
As soon as I heard 7 tests, I knew it was over
In Germany a Hospital get under $40 from the insurance for an ER patient without hospitalization, in Romania it’s $10-$60 per ER visit without hospitalization
Germany is the best when it comes to insurance
@@BryanFher Not by a long shot. I started chemotherapy in Germany: each session 100€ co-pay, finished exactly the same chemotherapy in Romania: completely free without a co-pay.
@@sebastianr1204 Yep, money wise most of eastern europe has the best rates in healthcare... legacy of the communist in many places... but I personally prefer the german model where doctors do not starve
@@HelloOnepiece In România physicians are quite rich. A first year medical resident has a net salary (after taxes) above 1000€, in France for comparison 1600€ with way higher costs of living.
Physician cost was 24 dollars. Apparently no one set caught that. Seriously not the docs who are making the money. It's the hospital
When u get a medical bill in US, do not just pay. Negotiate, ask for discounts, question every item, ask to speak to the manager about reducing the bill. I had a bill for two stitches that went from 10K down to 200 dollars.
That’s so messed up, 10k for stitches
I agree. I once received a bill after the doctor did nothing for me. I called and questioned, and it turned out it was a billing mistake. Shouldn't have been such a high bill.
Wtf 10k ? Brother..... damn damn. Here in India its like 10 dollars only 😢.
Whats!! In my island cost like $120 and if u have the giverment insurance 0 cost.
@@ohhimark3691for 100 bucks I woulda just done it myself
“Make sure you have travel insurance when you travel to the US”
Better not to go
@@ASS_ault You don’t have to be from the UK to understand it’s not worth coming to the US. I’m a US citizen and I say 100% better not to come here
@@ASS_ault nvm. U didn't get the comment and the reply to it.
@@ASS_ault well not the millions with cancer diabetes and or high risk things they can barely for. Like epipens which should be free.
@@ASS_ault accidents can happen to anyone, anywhere. I don’t want to go bankrupt for a broken bone
@@ASS_ault you obviously didn’t watch the video
My jaw literally dropped. ITS 11K DOLLARS??? FOR A CHECKUP???
Edit - everyone is correcting me that it wasn't a checkup, I wasn't listening well enough. Still though! 11k is a lot for that!
no... not a check up. the emergency room with tests and CT scan.
This is higher level of “check up” lol, not an annual physical, if there is/are abnormal finding and require admission, the bill will be triple
@@GorgieClarissa i’m in ireland and a 3 day emergency room visit with a 40 minute ambulance, 2 CT scans, whole brain and spine MRI, lumbar puncture, chest x-ray, consultant appointments, multiple blood tests, smear and medications cost me €0 so 11k is insane
@@lauryn6037 it did cost but not directly you’re paying insurance in your taxes every month or if you’re a tourist then from your insurance or ehic card which again is funded from your monthly payments
@@Nelcia642 yes but americans also pay taxes and then medical on top of ot
The bill alone is gonna make me sick for 2 months. 🤯
For the price of that CT scan you could get a major surgery done in my country
Watch her giving birth cost short, you’ll be sick for another 6 months after being 6 months clean of not being sick.
Ask for an itemized bill. Confirm every charge is accurate and that service/item provided. Unfortunately hospitals are notorious for incorrect billing.
"So we found nothing wrong, You're perfectly healthy"
"Anyways here's your bills"
and then you felt ill when the bills hit
Yeah here it's good in Norway. Not cheap for Europe (is fine what am I talking about wtf😂), but cheap compared to the US. Still have to pay if you visit the doctor. He of course used his time to check me. ~30$
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Doctor in the US *gives u an olive* : "that would be 900$, wanna shake my hand, that's an extra 500$ for emotional support"
Doctor in EU gives u an olive: that's cost you nothing, couse you pay taxes, and I'll be glad to see you next time.
@@tymekkowalski6407 u gotta wait like 10 hours tho
@@backlawa7527 barely, and not if it is an emergency... That is a common American misconception tho. If you compare the stats, waiting times are about the same as in western European countries. Difference being, you dont get scammed for stuff you dont need while being there..
@@cc-bj9kv i had a broken arm and i had to wait 2 hours and a few minutes. And i am not american
@@backlawa7527 You'd wait just as long if you were in America. It's pretty sh*tty, but it's the truth.
You should have travel insurance no matter where you are going. My brother worked for a travel insurance company. If your situation is really bad or you are caught in some kind of disaster he was the one to get you airlifted out and possibly returned home for treatment.
Prepare for the worst but hope for the best.
I live in Canada. In January I felt short of breath and heart pounding. Went to small town hospital ER. After confirming negative COVID test, was seen right away by doctors. Tests and X-ray taken. Put on an ambulance to have a CT taken in a bigger hospital, then back again (200 mile round trip). Hospitalized for blood clots and admitted for three nights. Medications, meals, snacks, in room phone, cable TV, high speed WiFi and parking are all free. When they told me I was better, I could just leave, there was no bill to deal with.
If you are a traveler you still have to pay. So moot comment.
@Joe Troll Self-employed
You're really lucky and might have been because it was a small town. I've heard countless stories of people in socialist countries having to wait in huge lines to only be transferred or turned down. For some people, a simple cold took days to find a Dr. and by the time they found one they were almost better.
Ah. But Canada is cold as balls. I'd pay to live away from that cold.
@@tootynuggets We are not socialists.
"Huh you feel sick? Sucks that'll be 4k please"
You know If you pay a cheap bill every month for insurance maybe you get 80/20 with like a 500 copay. So you pay 500 and now you owe like 2500 and they pay 80% you pay 20% and now the bill is under 1000 at the cost of a monthly insurance bill though. That and let's say something happened and it doubles the cost, they're still paying 80% on all the extra and you pay 20% if you have insurance and if you struggle to pay it you can talk to billing and get a payment plan. Now your 2k bill after imsurance if they did even more then in this video is spread out over 48 months. So if you have insurance you could have more done and the monthly cost would be like less than 50 dollars per month not including insurance cost which varies. That's pretty good. Even without insurance if you can get a payment plan with the billing department for 48 months or something because it's easier to pay 50 bucks per month for 2 years than it is to pay 2-3k all at once. I don't have insurance and if the bill came to 4k but they let me pay it over 60 months I could afford that. I'll sell my car and invest 75% and use 25% to pay the bill for 12 months to buy time and maybe actually make some money in the long run. I'm actually pleased with the price tbh esspecially if they can work with you with a payment plan. Esspecially for the level of healthcare you get. The bills are big because good healthcare people and expensive machines ECT. That's what you want when it comes to your healthcare man even if you have to worm your way through some bills and try to get a thing or two knocked off and payment over a period of time if you can't afford it all at once. Of course major stuff costs a lot more than just going into they tests ran to make sure something serious isn't wrong. But again, if you need major work then you're in a whole different situation as it is man. Getting an arm reattached is going to cost more than a cat scan and the monthly bill will be higher. Obviously. There's a lot of work we can do to reduce bills and we've come a long way believe it or not. Look at the historical cost of an MRI machine.
@@TheAnnoyingBossyet, somehow, England and the UK have had universal since ww2. 🤔
The US are so caring about their citizens. Kind of grateful about the UK NHS.
"Never mind doc,am feeling fine"
"But your spine is bro-"
"I SAID AM FINE"
truth
@@quorented2849 PACKING BAGS
😂😂😂
it's me or my wallet
@@Life_is_a_scam At least you don't need to pay insurance, which costs much more. Here in Spain even surgery (or most) are free, which is better than complaining about taxes.
Do not go to an emergency room if it isn’t an emergency. There are plenty of doctors offices and urgent care that take care of that type of stuff.
Lol her doctor literally told her to go to ER
I waited 4 hours in ER with a dislocated shoulder and the doctor fixed it up in like 5 minutes. My bill after insurance is 2000 dollars. It's insane.
with or without insurance in america you’re still paying thousands. it’s crazy.
I went to the ER yesterday after head trauma. Paid nothing and only about €4,5 for meds! Forever grateful for our healthcare system (Belgium)
In the US, I paid a total of $11452 at the ER for head trauma four years ago. That was a single visit. For all the subsequent visits and treatments it's been over $30,000. This is with top-quality insurance.
@@udubeats4543 I wonder why no one is filling the streets and squares of every city protesting. If people wants to keep it private that's ok I guess, but it's still too overpriced.
Here in Brazil, no charge at all, meds given too, no matter if you are foreigner or not
@@00B. That’s why you need higher taxes
Yes. CANADA, Australia, France, UK are far way better, US is the worse.
American healthcare pricing tariffs are crazy!
That’s Why I Would Want To Have Medical Treatment In Australia 🇦🇺
Oh you have no idea. Depending on which insurance you have, you oay different rates. If you have state insurance the hospitals have to charge less thsn say if you have private insurance snd then you csn be charged up to 10 times as much. It's a nightmare.
@@byronchavarria4954 interesting
@@byronchavarria4954you mean where a foreigner would still have to pay out of pocket?
If they can give $8K "discount", then the stuff doesn't cost as much to begin with
A few years ago I went to the ER for a kidney stone. One round of paid meds and a CT scan was $10,500 AFTER insurance.
So what does the insurance cover at all?
As a Canadian, our family has always been incredibly cautious about travel insurance in the US. I remember crossing the border for a pizza when I was a student in Thunder Bay - and I bought 1 day's worth of travel insurance, on the off chance that I slipped on ice going into the pizza place, or was in a car accident . Nothing strikes fear into the heart of people from universal health care countries (which is most of them) more than American "health care".
Do you buy out of province insurance? Because technically we aren’t fully covered when out of province. If, for example, we needed a helipad emergency medical lift to the nearest trauma center when out of province that would be out of pocket. But nobody I know gets out of province insurance?
My grandmother visiting from Hong Kong was sent to the ER for a suspected heart attack in Vancouver and we received a bill of CAD$4000 for similar procedures shown in the video.
Emergency care for non resident foreigners is expensive. It is not exclusive to the US.
Australia O
This is the best example of "Heaven helps those who help themselves" I've ever heard!
La primera potencia económica mundial estadounidense, no es capaz de poner la sanidad al servicio de la población de manera gratuita y universal como si se hace en otros países. Son muy poco solidarios.
"Yo she good but that's gonna be 11k".
😂😂😂😂
That's just the general bill. You gotta add on the bills from all the specialists amounting to about $14k total
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That's why I love health care in Europe. All health costs for citizens are in taxes and you get zero bills. I can't imagine paying that amount of money (after insurance discounts)
You're right but I want to point out that if you're going to visit a doctor (like a dentist) you may have to pay a really small price; the price usually changes depending on how many members in your family work and how much they work.
I live in Italy so this may differ from other European countries.
This makes me feel proud of the italian health system
France too it's free
@@zairaclaine8685 wow. so you guys just enslave the doctors and make them work for free? and the builders, you force them to build it for free? and the materials, you steal them so they are free?
I work in a travel insurance company. I hope you will be able to have the money reimbursed. Usually travel insurance that includes the USA have higher premiums BECAUSE exactly cus of this. They seem to charge you for even breathing air in the hospital it’s unbelievable.
They do charge for everything. There is a fee to hold your baby after delivery. My delivery cost over $30,000 and I honestly don't know why. I delivered at a teaching hospital. I'm sure they do charge for air.
Yes air is a gas so if administered there will be a charge
@@Gigilovehugs that's not what we ment
@@Gigilovehugs he meant the air in the room
@@scotiadunlop that's so cheap. My hospital validated parking so I didn't have to pay for that .
Glad I live in Australia then, l've been to hospital many times, and had surgery and didn't pay any thing. The Ambulance rides to the hospital were free.
Germany too...you pay taxes of course, but this is nothing against that bills you World have to pay
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Same in NZ cept we pay for the ambulance unless its a emergency such as car accident type thing
Ambulance rides are free depending on which state you live in aus, it’s not free in vic where I’m from unfortunately :c
@@thepurpleturnip534 its not free in Christchurch either except in some situations, but wellington has a free ambulance service
$3k is actually pretty good. That is how much I typically pay with health insurance.
3k is never good for a few tests and a "everything is fine" with nothing done. Stuff like this would cost less than 300-200 dollars without insurance where I live
Fun fact: if you go back and just tell them you can’t pay that bill will go from $3000 to like $150
Fun fact: most people don't pay their medical bills anyways -- even though they probably can! That's why responsible people pay more. The more you know 👍.
@kade7102 true, but just don't even plan on going back to that hospital.
call them back and ask for an itemized receipt that way you can’t get charged for stuff that was random /unnecessary, you can dispute your bill on the phone and hopefully get some off of it
The greatest part of being an European is not having to worry about going broke if you get sick. I've even had surgery once with a week long stay at the hospital and it was literally 0€ at the end. We may pay slightly higher taxes, but then again we study and get sick for free lmao
Crazy right? I love it here. Had many long hospital stays over my time and I never had to pay a single dime.
Except for in monthly taxes of course but they are negligible when you can get well again for pretty much free
Well to be fair, they’re not “slightly” higher, they’re up to 65% in most countries in the EU for high salaries, while they only get past 50% in the US for seriously insane salaries (1m+). Career growth is also not a thing in the EU, you will hit a ceiling pretty fast if you live in a small country. It always depends on what you want from life :)
Obviously, though, the EU is much, much better in terms of quality of life for the middle class. Having free healthcare (education is not free everywhere) is priceless.
Literally one year waits for non emergency issues.
you pay for it one way or the other. I mean....in the US, you can also just buy good health insurance while as Europeans, you pay for it thru high taxes.
I remember when my job demanded me to get a doctors note because I said I had a headache. So I went to the emergency room to ask for one and got a standard check up. It cost me $300.
Here it's $50 and I think that's too much, $300 definitely is
Never go to the emergency room for something like that. There is no reason not to go to urgent care. Emergency rooms are swamped full of people and have multi hour waiting times even when people are seriously hurt because of people going to an EMERGENCY ROOM for a little checkup and a note.
Ask for an itemized list of billing and look through it. You might be amazed in finding thing not given or done to her there can even be items billed twice.
Took my girlfriend in to the ER after she got hit really bad by the cold, (she has asthma + nasal issues), which caused her extreme difficulty with breathing.
They took a swab viral test and gave her an IV for dehydration and some weird generic-brand FloNase thing, then sent us home.
A 1-hour visit where we barely got any help billed her insurance $5,800 and she had to pay $500 out-of-pocket. She is under her father's insueance, which is an extremely good plan since he has worked for the state for 20+ years, and it still cost a shitton.
This is crazy...
I come from Germany and we were in Italy without any additional insurance. My father suddenly had severe pain because of kidney stones.
First he was treated in a small hospital at the holiday resort, then he was taken by ambulance to a larger hospital and treated there again... Costs: 25 euros
You went to the ER over a cold when you should've just given her water
@@TheAnnoyingBosshe literally said she's an asthmatic and had difficulty breathing. As a nurse, difficulty breathing is in get help _now_ territory. Any healthcare worker worth their degree would have told them the same.
@@backwoodstherapy they gave her water and a generic nose spray and then sent her home I think you're blowing this out of proportions obviously
@@TheAnnoyingBoss she's lucky that's all she needed.. if you can't breathe then you prepare for worst
I'm going to buy a ticket to go back , I think it's cheaper that way :)
Or go to Canada if the flight is too long.
I did that. I was supposed to be in New York for 12 days but cut it to 9 days after a fall that left me with 2 broken fingers. Changed my flight= free. Visit to danish hospital = free.
What you mean bills came after 2 weeks,
So in US you only need to pay the bill after 2 weeks,
What if we flee the address,
Sorry non us guy here, jus need to know your procedure
@@secularph8424 yes. Many people don't paid up. So it goes to debt collectors and it will ruin your credit score. With bad credit score you can't buy anything cheap or get a decent apartment.
Wouldn't you get in legal trouble?
Went in to the ER here in my homwtown (Stockholm, Sweden) - saw several doctors, stayed over night, nurses taking care of me and had surgery in the morning and CT scan. Payed 364 swedish kr (about 37 us dollars). This is without insurense. Can't belive how much healthcare cost in the US 😳
I lived and worked in the Middle East for ten years. A CT scan cost $25 USD. I was in the hospital, had a hysterectomy from cancer, got an infection, was in ICU and 20 operations to get rid of the infection. I was in the hospital for 10 days. I paid $15 USD….in this county if a patient ever has cancer, the country covers all medical care. I also had a total hip replacement, PT, hospital stay and all medications $15…its sickening that in America when you are sick its cheaper to die from the illness than be treated for the illness!
Do let us know in a followup video, how much travel insurance covered the costs and if it is worth having travel insurance. 😅
I second that ✋🏻
Please 😮
Yes, it is. I had a similar experience. Travel insurance covered everything. Don't go to US without travel insurance.
Whats a good travel insurance company?
$4k just to let you know that there's nothing wrong with you🤦🏼♂️
My father developed an ischemic leg which means a clot stopped blood circulation in his leg. it's supposed to be an emergency situation cuz you could end up losing your leg. We got him admitted in a Private hospital , got his surgery done in next 8 hours along with all the blood tests plus a CT angiogram, stayed 2 days at the hospital in a separate room. Our total bill was 1300$. I am amazed how people are still alive in U.S
Pro tip: for the most part, medical bills can be taken off of your credit score if left unpaid. All it takes is convincing them that you can’t pay, and sometimes they will take it completely off your credit score or ask you to pay an amount that you can afford. (They have an allowance for unpaid bills and a lot of people don’t pay at all)
The scumbags are going to burn through that allowance and ruin it for everyone who actually needs it I think. A little insurance and a payment plan with the billing department really turns expensive american healthcare supper affordable so long as you're not having brain or open heart surgery but at that point it's probably better to start a go fund me anyway bruh hahaha
When people without insurance try to escape out of the back of the ambulance you know something is wrong.
In the United States a lot of people have insurance plans with high deductibles. Many of them have to pay as much as $8,000 out of pocket before insurance pays one dime. That usually only applies if they use an in-network facility. If not, they could pay the entire bill if the insurance company determines it was not an actual medical emergency.
Thank you for the tips! I must say, our healthcare is also very expensive, but the assurance is obligagory for everyone.. Once I was transported in ambulance and had to pay 800 CHF on the spot and later another bill over 1000 CHF - this was not included the insurance. It was maybe 15 minutes travel with the ambulance...!
I swear, those bills were decided by throwing dice. That can't be the real price of running these tests. 💀
My daughter split her forehead after she hit our coffee table. We went to the ER where they gave an ice pop, glued the laceration and sent us home. We spent a total of 40 mins in the ER and were billed a little over $2900.
Oh God!
Oh ouch, I feel your pain and your daughter's.
@@scotiadunlop I'm pretty sure they charged me 2k for the popsicle 🤣
Ehm no
Next time superglue her forehead at home.
I got charged $20,000 at the emergency room, and all they did was an ekg, checked BP, and oxygen. That's literally it. $20,000. Luckily, I have insurance, and they covered about 90%, but $2,000 out of pocket is still ridiculous. I miss living in Asia... went to the er there. Got a full body check, x-rays, mri, blood work, etc, and stayed overnight. Got medicine, too. It cost $12usd, and the care/doctors were better.
The doctor at the US hospital said here's a Xanax and tums. He made me feel like I was ridiculous.
My sister is a flight attendant and once she had to enter to surgery by emergency in LA. The bill was around 50,000USD. Thanks god she had the airlines insurance and had to pay nothing. 😅
you can ask for more discounts and anything you don’t understand you SHOULD as them to send you an itemized list of the cost and then ask them to discount it even more, hope your mother is well
good luck with that
That is correct. Frequently hospitals itemized for orders that are either not carried out or changed. Always always try to have an advocate with you if you are the one who is I’ll because it’s difficult if not impossible to pay attention to those details when you are the patient; if you can not have anyone with you question everything after the fact.
@@GorgieClarissa I actually had success with that at 19. I went to ER for what turns out nothing major (just chronic illness) and got an awful bill, even with insurance. I basically asked the hospital that "Hey. I make barely any money. I'm a college student. Could I get charity?" And filled out like 60 forms. They waived the rest of my 4,000 dollar bill and gave me a basically "in event of future emergency this year, discount covers 100%"
I didn't go back, but hey. It's always worth attempting.
& that’s why I only go when for sure I know I’m dying 😂
Always buy travel insurance
I had an accident and it paid $47k for my emergency surgery.
Always call them in advance
And this is why, when my brother cut his hand, a friend just stitched him at her kitchen table. Or why, when my sister dislocated her knee for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th time, we relocated it and splinted it ourselves and just paid like $150 to have it x-rayed at a walk in clinic, to make sure we did a good job. 😂 (Note: both my brother and sister are adults, and none of this was being done without their full consent. Nobody was witch doctoring any little kids.👍)
Expensive healthcare, at least, leads to some fun Wild West style life experiences.
Many of the tests are actually free in Indian government hospitals. CT costs around ₹800 ($10) though.
Tests in private hospitals aren't free but definitely cheaper than this.
@@TheAnnoyingBoss That's the stupidest reply I've ever heard 😂.
While I partially agree that "nothing comes free", that's literally the whole point of why Health Care SHOULD BE FREE.
We don't care where we would pay more, be it gasoline or water or electricity bills.
The thing which matters the most is Health Care and it should be Cheap/Free.
I pay 180$ a month for health insurance and I went to the ER two months ago and paid like 25$ for the whole thing. Everyone thinks health insurance is expensive.....it's not.
Damn I have insurance and this was basically how much mine was even so! I'm still in debt after falling off my bike in the rain a year ago
Just got a bill from Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio. We had a 45 minute autism assessment. $740.
me living in a third world country paying US$20 for 35 analysis and US$60 for the actual consult 💀
my country is developing and everything is free as long as you have national insurance. US is such a scam for developed country.
when i have nightmares about getting in a car crash, it's not the crash that terrifies me. it's the thought that someone will call an ambulance for me while i'm unconscious and the EMTs will take me to the ER. sends shivers down my spine $$$.
bro 💀
don't some people go to 3rd world countries for long term treatment to cut down medical charges? you could get ER and main treatment done where it's quickly done depending upon urgency, then go to a country where it's cheaper
If you're not at fault for the accident you usually don't pay it bro.
@@TheAnnoyingBoss umm, how does that work? do the one at fault pay the medicals bills? for that dotn you have to win the case first? because sewing is a huge process, aint it
@@TheAnnoyingBoss have you tried getting medical payments in full out of a car insurance company? doesn’t go well.
So this is why people rather take the taxi to find some underground doctors than calling the ambulance when they broke their legs.
Bro, in the DR, without the insurance, most I've paid is like $50. I'd die before going to the doctor in the US.
Meanwhile when my flatmate’s face started bleeding and eventually needed to be cauterised the only thing it cost her was the embarrassment of having a hot paramedic come round when we were in our dressing gowns lol
Glad your mom's okay, but this was indeed shocking to me 😭
God bless you both❤️😊
American hospitals be like -
Hospital - 'Ya so did you breath??'
Patient -'Yes'
Hospital -'So with your nose?'
Patient - 'YES WITH MY NOSE'
Hospital - 'That's gonna be another 11'
Patient- '11 bucks I just breath'
Hospital - 'No not 11 bucks 11,000' dollars'
“Her symptoms didnt look good”
“Everything looks good”
*what*
They just want the money. Why make statement like that if not sure yet. *sigh*
Yea, I’m not following this either…if the E.R “lies”, then they would of kept her there to bilk the mother out of more money…and why go to ER if you don’t have too? 🤷🏻♀️
If you can, try asking the hospital what the charge was for and have them list all the items, sometimes they charge you 100 for a bandaid and sometimes they add extra 1k to your total "by accident".
I was in the hospital for 2 months. My bills ended in about $900000 thank goodness for SSDI. Nearly a million dollars for a 2 month stay.
It’s crazy because I had a similar situation in Canada and they ran over 7 tests uninsured it was just over $700 which is still a lot but not 11k
Thank god here in Algeria we don’t pay anything for hospital it’s totally free even operation ❤️
It's crazy also how Algeria-a developing country is able to give free healthcare but the U.S-the richest country in the world, doesn't.
@@vicgamesvt9682 same in Brazil, no charge even if you need a helicopter, or even get some meds delivered from another continent by jets, no charge. We sure have some problems, it’s not an easy task provide free healthcare for almost 250 million people. If you are from another country, traveling here, you got the same treatment no charge, no questions
That's honestly what stuff can look like after insurance in the USA
Sadly, many of us have been in that situation. It's shameful.
That’s a lot. We had a baby and didn’t have insurance, in California, and that’s almost the same as we paid for the Labor and Delivery and 2 nights in the hospital.
Why is everything so expensive it’s so hard to live a normal life these days 😭
Totally agreed. And seems impossible even to think of owning a house
They don't care about you living, they care about what money they can get from you. This is what happens when your society is run by sociopath and capitalism promotes sociopathy because only those who are the best exploiting people bringing more profit.
Well this is one of the reasons the doctors there make so much more money then in other countries
@@Timberjagi Did you see the $24 for the physician payment part of that bill? Doctors aren't getting paid that much, especially compared to the cost and length of training.
Its not expensive bro
I feel your pain. Back in August I unfortunately experienced this. I have insurance and had it upon arrival. They took my insurance and not sure how, but they were saying I basically didn't have insurance. The idiot never bothered to turn over my card to realize it's double sided with very important information that they needed. I was being billed in full and directly. The system in America is horrible.
I have similar situation happening except with my kid’s pediatrician billing department. They get insurance card every time I go and they keep billing me as a cash pay customer and not even billing my insurance. Funny thing is we have had this insurance for years and they have been at this doctor for years 🤦🏻♀️
America be like "we are the most free country!"
No TF you don't WHAT IS THAT BILL?!
WHY DO YOU HAVE BILLS FOR HOSPITALS TO BEGIN WITH?!
because doctors need to get paid too, last time i checked they are working harder than any of us
@@flawlessfrenchfrie they are getting paid everywhere else too? By the country not the people. Just 2 days ago my sister broke her arm, we rushed to a doctor and in less then 30 minutes we leave, not q penny spend :/
In American without insurance something like that would make us broke, that's a terrible system
Top tip though, usually hospitals have to do some kind of free care to maintain their non-profit status so call the billing department and ask how much you need to pay right now to settle the bill and they will often tell you half the amount. Also, if you make under a certain amount of money, they often will not charge you at all.
I have extended family members from Hong Kong who migrated legally to the US. They moved to the some 20 years ago. They both had been retired from the health care field and were quite well off. They stayed in California for 2 years but decided to move back to HK due to the exorbitant health insurance premium they paid in the US. I can see why so people work so hard, try so hard and achieve so much there. Those medical bills, and the thoughts of potentially paying them, keep some people awake at night and further fine tune their crafts.
Yeah, but it is the liberal states with the highest hospital bills and charges. California allows illegal immigrants sanctuary status. Hard working americans are paying for the free healthcare of millions. They should have just left California. It is a dying place.
Nah bro it’s the opposite, countries with low cost healthcare have people that feel safer to pursue their passion profession and have a happier population
@@DiggOlive nah bro, places with small homogenous populations feel safer
Call the telephone number on each bill and give them your mom's travel insurance account number . They will call and charge the insurance. You should get a bill if there's something the insurance doesn't pay.
Such a helpful and informative Video, Thank you so much for sharing your Story with me, I love your Videos Anna. 😃
You often don't have to pay all those separate bills. We pay out of pocket bc we have a health share and last time my kid had the flu, needed x rays and tests and meds, it was $327 in total, and the hospital told us we weren't responsible for the outside party bills.
That's the problem right their, they do all these ridiculous tests for no reason and then charge an arm and a leg for it all
pro trip from experience: scan all the papers before you send them to the insurance company
Travel insurance companies: ''Please dont be america please dont be america please dont be-...DAMMIT"
For 4000 usd, my aunt got full treatment of cancer in a private hospital in India. I am talking, from the diagnosis to chemo, meds hospital stays that spanned 2-3 years. She had stomach cancer and she is cancer free now
"Please make sure, you have a travel insurance"(like you said), or live in Germany for e.g.
I am so thankful!
Wish you merry christmas!🎅👼
The last time I went to the ER I casually said my motto is "I'd rather die than go to the hospital" & the nurses eyes were like 👁👁 . But anyway that's not so much the price as it is the terrible, unprofessional experiences I've had at the ER. Like, the care is so poor that my stories, and others, would break your heart. 😞
😬 honestly you made out pretty good for no insurance.
In my country medicine and hospitals are free because when we pay our taxes that money goes towards helping the hospitals run
ER visits in the US are covered by the federal government based on the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) to ensure access to the ER regardless of the ability to pay.
Yes, it's true that they can't refuse you service and the ER gets funding from the government but they will still bill every single person that gets treated and while you won't get arrested if you don't pay they will certainly do everything in their power to destroy your credit rating, harass you to death and generally make life as miserable as possible if you don't.
That’s smart of ur mom to get that insurance beforehand!! Even with insurance, it doesn’t cover an emergency ambulance 🚑 which, the last I remember was $1500 for one trip.
omg that’s so much!!! i needed an ambulance in ireland earlier this year and it was free
America the only place where your better off calling an Uber than an ambulance.
Actually in Australia you have to pay $50/yr or the same thing happens.... Friends baby wasn't covered she was charged $3500AUD. She only lived 5km/3miles from the hospital too.
@@theresekatie4841 in the Netherlands we have to have insurance it's mandatory. ambulance is 100% covered
This makes me so fckn happy I'm not living in the states. THANK GOODNESS 🙏
If it's not a secret, what country do you live in?
@@ezhwt8fq he can live in literally like 90% of other countries in the world and wouldn't have to pay a penny. America healthcare is a joke and is the main reason I'm never going there-
This is actually the same for Americans with insurance if we need to go to the ER. Those 'discounts' you speak of are because of the insurance. But the cost left over for us to pay is close to 4k. I paid $3, 450.00 for my night in the ER. And I'm an American with health insurance.
My mom went to the ER when visiting Germany as an American, she was shocked when it was *free*. She paid like $12 for some medicine but that's it!
Finding Urgent Care Clinics was the best thing that has ever happened to me. They can do so much more then you would think. I had a possible kidney stone, I was in so much pain and was a able to get IV fluids and pain management, an in-house CBC/chem/UA, a full body CT scan and take home meds all within 3 hours. And I have never been so happy when I got a bill of only $1200 (I had no insurance) with an optional 12 month no interest payment option. I wish I could have kissed them through the phone. And other Urgent care clinics across the country have been just as good from rabies vaccines ($60) to TB testing ($20). They can do a lot and for a good price.
Alhamdulillah, my country provides all these things for free 🇸🇦❤
Mine to 🇴🇲
@@bayanqueen9816 much love from 🇸🇦to🇴🇲
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Of course the bomb brings the money coming with all those patients
A note about travel insurance. READ THE FINE PRINT!!!
It isn't uncommon for a clause to be present saying something to the effect of "Prior to any treatment or admission to any hospital/medical centre/medical clinic (etc), you (the patient) must call our toll free line to speak with our medical expert to decide if you can receive treatment." Failure to do that will effectively cause a breech and the insurance provider won't have to pay anything.
If you're wondering, yes, even if its emergent and you are not capable of making any phone calls.
that's why you don't go to the emergency room for simple symptoms, but I guess better safe than sorry