”On a scale of 1 to 10, how often do you think about killing yourself?”

“Uhhh… 3?”

”That’ll be $40”

Last time my son got a flu test it was $180. This time he was sick and school needed a note so I went to the Dr. They asked if I wanted a flu and covid test. I said, “How much will it cost?” Nurse said “I have no way of knowing that.”

I said, “No. Unless you tell me how much it will cost.” She walked out in a huff to go get the Dr.

How are we supposed to “let the market sort out the cost” when we can’t see the cost before the bill?

“Are you considering suicide or harming yourself?”

“No.”

— adds 40$ to your bill —

“How about now?”

Got charged $100 for “dental hygiene training” during annual dentist visit after dentist walked in and asked “Do you floss?” - “Yes.” - “Good. Floss every day.” and walked out. I only know of this charge because insurance refused to pay and they sent the bill to me. I know it’s definitely about these two utterances because this was the only interaction I had with this doctor at all. Everything else was performed by dental students.

I now refuse to answer any questions that do not directly pertain to the immediate procedure.

In europe: “Do you need that surgery to survive/live your life normally?”

“Yes”

“Ok, then it’s free”

In the us: “Do you need that surgery to survive/live your life normally?”

“Yes”

“That’ll be 999,999.99$”

It cost 350 to have your age estimated on a previous visit?! And they only got a range from 18-39?!

Outrageous

I had an accident happen on a dive trip where my dive buddy had a heart attack about 70ft down. Another diver and I see him struggling, and do an emergency surface to haul him up. We get him on the boat, Coast Guard meets up with us to rush him back to shore, and when we get back, they had an ambulance there for me as they were worried I’d get the bends from having to surface from that deep that fast.

I feel totally fine the whole time, get to the hospital and they ask me if I’m in any pain/check for symptoms. I tell them no. They have me wait on a stretcher for about half an hour, until a hyperbaric specialist can see me. He walks over (again, I’m just sitting on a stretcher in the middle of a hall this whole time), and asked if I’m feeling okay. No issues other than the worst need to pee I’ve ever had from the saline bag in me, and he says I’m good to go. Weeks later, I get a hospital bill for $7k, $5k of which was being seen by a specialist. Which, my college insurance didn’t cover because I wasn’t referred to by my PCP.

It took an insane amount of back and forth to convince them to cover it, but quickly turned around when I showed them the news broadcast from that day about the accident, and how bad it would look for them to try and throw a $7k medical bill onto a college student who was literally trying to save a dude’s life.

Our medical insurance system is just a ton of fun.

I see about 4 different specialist and 3/4 if them attempted to bill Medicare for having me fill out six questions and them adding it up until I put a stop to it. They all knew I have seen the same psychiatrist for 12 years. They would never bring up the inventory.

How ya doin’?

Well, I…

Great! That’ll be $40!

Doctor: Have you had any recent suicidal thoughts?

Patient: No.

Doctor: Good. That’ll be $40.

I thought it said beehaw

What qualifies this Dr to make a psychological evaluation? Am I going to ask the librarian if I have flat feet? 🤦🏻‍♂️

Emotions…check

Behaviors…check

I got charged $125 for a nurse to give me 15 minutes of therapy. Out of pocket, while having insurance.