@ronmstark You could let it go to collections and then bargain with the collections agency that buys the debt. Your credit score will take a pretty big hit tho.
Can y’all help me sort out a crazy ER bill for my teenage daughter?
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@ronmstark Then you're left with settling for a payment plan to keep it from going to collections. Some hospitals don't f around either. The big one by me (northern Illinois medical center) send them to collections after 2 months of non payment.
defiant1968
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@ronmstark As a nurse in a country other than USA - how the fuck do you guys get charged hundreds of dollars for ondansetron and a 1000ml bag of saline? How do they even keep track of that?
@defiant1968 With a computer/digital system?
The fact they can charge $400 for a bag of saline is the insane part, not that they can track who used a bag of saline lol. I would pay for a bag of saline if it was like $20. Manufacturing cost and some profit you know? But $400? The fuck?
The fact they can charge $400 for a bag of saline is the insane part, not that they can track who used a bag of saline lol. I would pay for a bag of saline if it was like $20. Manufacturing cost and some profit you know? But $400? The fuck?
mountaintrip98
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@defiant1968 You live in a country that doesn't have personal computers to enter patient data into, or doesn't keep track of what medications are given to patients in the hospital?
minionsforjesus
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@mountaintrip98 They mean that generic zofran and saltwater are pretty cheap to make and buy, hospitals upcharge medicine sometimes to hundreds of times their cost
defiant1968
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@mountaintrip98 Actually my current hospital still uses paper charts 
. But even in the fully digital hospitals we have we don’t charge people based on every individual item used.
. But even in the fully digital hospitals we have we don’t charge people based on every individual item used.jackregier99
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@defiant1968 When i was in the hospital every time they did something they would scan my wristband first.
defiant1968
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@jackregier99 I only scan when I do obs or take bloods to confirm identity.
@ronmstark This is pretty much why I don’t go to the hospital.