Get bit by a rattlesnake, ouch. Go to the hospital, get bill, OUCH!

[tRidiot]

Would have to ask the wifie the Crofab dosing...............but depending on blood work, a dozen or two dozen vials isn't unheard of IIRC. It's a pricey accident.

I started initial therapy on a little girl not long ago - 6 vials at $10k/vial. Plus a chopper ride. $100,000 bill an hour after arrival at the hospital, by the time they lifted off the helipad. She was responding well, so I doubt any more Crofab was needed, but it isn't uncommon to go through 20 vials for a serious bite.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

The real question is: was the person worth it?

I think I smell what you are stepping in!
:-)

 

[vvvvvvv]

The real question is: was the person worth it?

If they are under 30, multiply the bill by 0.3. If they are 30-49, multiply by 0.5. For 50-69, multiply by 0.8. For 70+, multiply by 2.2.

If they are capable of generating that level of income per year, then yes.

 

[Commander Keen]

If that were me I'd certainly want an itemized bill I could negotiate/dispute line by line.

 

[tRidiot]

If that were me I'd certainly want an itemized bill I could negotiate/dispute line by line.

Why don't you try asking the cost and negotiating when it's a choice of life/limb or death in an emergency situation instead of after the treatment has been rendered?

 

[Preacherman]

I have not really been afraid of rattle snakes as long as I see them first but WOW this bill makes me rethink my theory. I had one miss my hand by a few inches once. In my defense he acted more dazed than he really was after I hit him with a rock.

 

[Commander Keen]

Why don't you try asking the cost and negotiating when it's a choice of life/limb or death in an emergency situation instead of after the treatment has been rendered?

Insurance companies do the same thing, only on a much larger scale.

 

[300WSM]

I recall a story of a man dying because he didn't go to the hospital after a rattlesnake bite because he was afraid of the cost.

 

[tRidiot]

Insurance companies do the same thing, only on a much larger scale.

Nope... insurance companies just approve what they'll pay. You take it or leave it. Same with Medicare.




Seriously, though... if you don't like the cost, then do without. Demand will drive market price, and costs (and availability) will go down. It's simple economics, right?

 

[JD8]

Why don't you try asking the cost and negotiating when it's a choice of life/limb or death in an emergency situation instead of after the treatment has been rendered?

Wait.... wait.... anti-venom doesn't grow on trees???