I finally got our nicu bill and was pleasantly surprised. It wasn't nearly as much as I thought it would be. Granted, it didn't include any lab work, her hearing test or her chest xrays, so I'm sure the total will go up a couple of thousand dollars after I get that bill. All I have to say is thank the good Lord for insurance!!!
Oh, and the total for 10 days-$51k
Re: nicu bill
Rowen Alexander born 10 weeks early 1/28/07
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We just got our bill from three days of my 5 day hospital stay. $7500 and didn't include doctor visits, all the tests I had done, or the ER visit before it to get admitted. Thank God it was 100% covered.
Now we're looking forward to the 12 day NICU visit bill. I was told it was somewhere around $6,000 per day just for the stay, obviously all the testing and doctor coming from a different hospital is extra. Thankfully it's 100% covered as well. I won't be able to complain about my husband working an extra part time job and getting up at 3am for a LONG time!