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In reply to the discussion: On 9/9/2024 I stopped in Amarillo to get week-old stitches out at an ER facility .. got the bill today: $20,000+ [View all]NNadir
(37,513 posts)They took me in an ambulance to the local ER.
I sat two hours before they got around to giving me an EKG. They did a CT scan about two hours later to see if I had internal injuries.
Happily the chest pains proved to be bruising from the air bag, which was good because they told me they had no beds in the hospital.
They sent me home after about 8 hours, most of which involved waiting around.
The bill came to my house. $95,000 dollars!
Fortunately, or unfortunately since my car was destroyed and I did have pain, the other cars insurance company was on the hook since the young woman I hit ran a stop sign.
The hospital in question is about a mile and a half from my home. I told my wife if I ever have another emergency I want to be taken to the hospital about 15 miles away.