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most expensive hospital bill?

lpennie16lpennie16 member
in Babies: 0 - 3 Months

We had a bill for $11,000 from when DS had a helicopter ride to Children's Hospital in DC for the NICU at 5 days old!!

Luckily, insurance covered most of it or we would never be able to retire.

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    calicoastcalicoast member
    close to $55,000 ....there's Berkeley for ya! ?(I stayed an extra 2 days!)
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    jasonlovessarajasonlovessara
    The babies were $100,000 just for their NICU stay...  $1700 a day just for a bed there... $205 every time a Dr looked at them... the kicker on the bill was $240 for "resucitation" (sp?)  Jack was born not breathing and they had tlo work on him for like 30 secs..... best $240 ever spent but come on... that is part of the job for the 14 people that were there when I delivered... geesh!
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    lizzyjean24lizzyjean24
    I feel your pain...DS was in NICU for 2 weeks imagine that bill! We are still getting them and our insurance sucks b's!
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    nbjenninbjenni
    Lol, my cerclage, 4 week hospital stay, plus c/s, NICU time and the million ultrasounds I had rounded to a nice, cool $300,000.
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    lpennie16lpennie16 member
    Oh my! And I thought ours was pricey!!
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    McBonBonMcBonBon
    We're at over half a million dollars and the bills keep rolling in. DS was in the NICU for 57 days, had open heart surgery, plus surgery on his nose, surgery on his intestines, and a G-tube placement.
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    Mandalynn252Mandalynn252
    Wow... that sucks! I hope everyone is getting help where they can. I thought my 9,000 was outragous. And thankfully insurance knocked the bill down to a beautiful 404. We paid out of the ass for the insurance though. If we hadn't had to pay the insurance we'd probably had the money to pay out of pocket, but I am glad we had it. It just goes to show how important having insurance is when having kids.
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    littlefellerslittlefellers member
    Awww, McBonBon, your son is such a cutie pie!
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