On Tue, 21 May 2013 16:37:22 -0400, "Phil Kangas"
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"Leon Fisk" wrote in
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On Tue, 21 May 2013 11:11:48 -0700
Larry Jaques
wrote:

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The other option was the "make payments" route.
It was a 6+ hour
ordeal, but I came out with 5 shiny new
stitches, a slightly used
stainless trauma kit, and an unknown cost. (I
guess they send Guido
over to negotiate with us non-rich folks. I
dunno.)

I bashed my index finger with a hammer really
bad last fall while
re-roofing. It felt and looked really bad...
Lone Ranger project and I
was only a third done or so. Washed, bandaged,
back at it. I couldn't
feel the tip of it anymore. Had to hold nails
with my second finger,
which slowed me down a little. Damn 1 inch
roofing nails making hitting
your fingers real easy...

If you don't mind, I'd be curious to hear what
the final bill comes to.
The numbers you posted just boggle my mind.
Unless your picture is
hiding something, I don't even consider going in
for something like
that. Email me if you don't want to post it
here. I just don't go to the
doctor for anything. Dealing with all the stupid
paperwork, unknown
cost for everything, whether they will even see
you without having
insurance... is more traumatic than whatever my
problem is.

Best of luck with your oopsie.

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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You're self pay? Then you are being charged the
maximum
known as the 'chargemaster rate' . Do a web search
for it.

And as someone who's vehemently against healthcare reform, and who has
time to waste in this newsgroup but doesn't have insurance, he
deserves to pay whatever they feel like billing him. Pay being a
relative term in his case. He might make payments on the repair of his
booboo, but if anything serious happens to him it will be on the
taxpayers' nickel, just like his hero Gunner.