Hospital stay bill

JessAndi

Our explanation of benefits came in the mail today and all I can do is over how much the total is.  Thank goodness we have good insurance.

franciscaz

Oh I know!  Between my hospitilization and the twins we went well in excess of $100,000!

lemen99

I know!  I'm still in shock!

sweetpea18

Its crazy isn't it!  I kept thinking, "what did that tiny baby do that cost $52k!"

AFwife1106

DH is active duty military and so our insurance covers 100%.. they've already been billed over $100,000 for just LO's doctors.  That's not even the hospital bill, xrays, etc.  Throughout the whole experience, I kept telling DH how lucky we were that we didn't have to worry about how much this would cost.  Now he understands.. 

mustangcutie

I know it is crazy!  I about fainted when I found out our total.  I am soooooooo glad I have insurance!!!

borc0080

We were in the same system, so I can about imagine what kind of bill you got! 

:: thanks God for insurance ::

KLyn

yup - we call our boys the million dollar babies b/c with their NICU stay it was about $850,000.....  

CanadianGurl

Not to sound nieve, but what happens if you don't have insurance? Will the hospital still see you, or do you have to go to a "free" hospital? Do your children get different care if they know you don't have insurance?

GoBadgers

I was just checking out this board since my friend had a preemie last month. Anyway I'm not a msw but I do know kids under a certain number of grams qualify for social security and under that umbrella is medicaid as a secondary. As for the kiddos with no insurance, if the family isn't super wealthy I imagine they qualify for mediciad as a primary, especially because they have health issues which will result in large biLls.

clyoungsey

Also, at least in MI, if your LO is in the NICU 30+ days you qualify for medicaid regardless of income.  They are picking up the remainder of our bill after insurance...but we still have my 6 weeks of hospital bedrest + c/s bill to tend with.