Got the last of the hospital bills

shanlubey

Total bill - $1,622,488.24 with a 56 day antepartum stay and a 94 day stay in the NICU.

My total responsibility - $6100

I feel like I could be on Extreme Couponer: NICU edition.  

ayram

shanlubey:

Total bill - $1,622,488.24 with a 56 day antepartum stay and a 94 day stay in the NICU.

My total responsibility - $6100

I feel like I could be on Extreme Couponer: NICU edition.  

That's awesome!!  I'd watch!     Wow.  1.6 mil!  That's wild!

katie4253

shanlubey:

Total bill - $1,622,488.24 with a 56 day antepartum stay and a 94 day stay in the NICU.

My total responsibility - $6100

I feel like I could be on Extreme Couponer: NICU edition.  

Extreme couponers have nothing on you!

ootmother2

NICU is mind numbing in costs.

 Hightly worth it though, right

ShannonSky

ayram:

shanlubey:

Total bill - $1,622,488.24 with a 56 day antepartum stay and a 94 day stay in the NICU.

My total responsibility - $6100

I feel like I could be on Extreme Couponer: NICU edition.  

That's awesome!!  I'd watch!     Wow.  1.6 mil!  That's wild!

hahahaha I'd watch, too!

aesf

OMG! When you say "kiddo you are worth a million" you mean it literally!!!

bhilyer

Geesh!!!! Thank goodness for insurance, huh? Makes me wonder what my total bill will be for both boys. I know our favorite neo is $900 a day!

msalinardi@live.com

Have you checked to see if your LO qualifies for SSI benefits. I know that we automatically qualified because of DD's birth weight. We were able to receive medicaid through SSI and it covered our co-pay, so we didn't have to pay a thing for Angelina's 16 week NICU stay. It may be worth talking to a social worker about !

bananatiff

Wow wow wowza...

 You know the average is that we'll spend just over a million dollars on our LOs by the time they turn 18.  Little one is going to be a BIG BIG spender, momma!

Kate621

Welcome to the million dollar baby club!

schenkertobe

Wow! You've got a million dollar baby!

bhilyer

msalinardi@live.com:

Have you checked to see if your LO qualifies for SSI benefits. I know that we automatically qualified because of DD's birth weight. We were able to receive medicaid through SSI and it covered our co-pay, so we didn't have to pay a thing for Angelina's 16 week NICU stay. It may be worth talking to a social worker about !

Good point! My "big guy" was 2 lb 10 oz at birth and he qualified for both programs.

2BWEDN2007

msalinardi@live.com:

Have you checked to see if your LO qualifies for SSI benefits. I know that we automatically qualified because of DD's birth weight. We were able to receive medicaid through SSI and it covered our co-pay, so we didn't have to pay a thing for Angelina's 16 week NICU stay. It may be worth talking to a social worker about !

Ditto this. For my hospital bed rest of 6 days, 4 days post-partum and DS's 116 day NICU stay at TWO different hospitals our bill was actually a little higher than yours. We had excellent insurance, but he also qualified for SSI and Medicaid and we ended up paying only $1,500 OOP which was a $500 co-pay for my stay and his stay at two different facilities. Definitely look into it if you haven't already!

shanlubey

Sam was 1010g so he did qualify for SSI, but my stays and the testing on his twin weren't covered in full. Apparently, hospital bedrest isn't medically necessary with an extremely high risk case. 

I'm thanking my lucky stars for SSI! 

damabo80

"I feel like I could be on Extreme Couponer: NICU edition."

OK...this made me seriously LOL.

MrsDink

HOLY MOLY!!! We just got ours for his 7 week NICU stay @ $232,950!! I haven't added up my antepartum or postpartum.

LOVE the Extreme Coupon comment