I went to the emergency room for a kidney stone attack. I arrived at 2AM or so. Place was pretty empty. I received pain meds, X rays, passed the stone in a few hours. People, services, facilities were great. In all I think I was there for three hours or so... I had nurse or attendant care for 40 minutes or so during that time, 5 minutes with a physician.
The problem: The billing $$ for this place was absolutely outrageous. Few hundred for X rays, $464 for services.. those seem high, but sorta reasonable. "Facilities" charge for a three hour visit = $3971.32 Are you kidding me?
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