I Don't Get It!!

[OnMyWayThere]

My relative just got home from a 5 week stay at the hospital due to lymphoma. She was there for 5 weeks. The hospital billed Medicare $6,170 and Medicare paid the hospital only $179 (One hundred and seventy-nine dollars).

How the heck does this cover all that work the hospital put in for her???

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[shadowy onion]

My relative just got home from a 5 week stay at the hospital due to lymphoma. She was there for 5 weeks. The hospital billed Medicare $6,170 and Medicare paid the hospital only $179 (One hundred and seventy-nine dollars).

How the heck does this cover all that work the hospital put in for her???

I'm guessing that any day now she will receive a bill in the mail for the remainder 6000$. If not then I don't get it either!

 

[fun8stuff]

My relative just got home from a 5 week stay at the hospital due to lymphoma. She was there for 5 weeks. The hospital billed Medicare $6,170 and Medicare paid the hospital only $179 (One hundred and seventy-nine dollars).

How the heck does this cover all that work the hospital put in for her???

Yes, I have had relatives in similar situations and each one was subsequently billed the remainder.... eeek!

 

[OnMyWayThere]

It already said on the bill:

"Your portion of this bill is $140"... who the heck eats the extra $6000+ ???

 

[fun8stuff]

It already said on the bill:

"Your portion of this bill is $140"... who the heck eats the extra $6000+ ???

She doesnt have any other insurance?

 

[velo]

The bill monster....he's like the cookie monster, except...yknow, eats bills.


MMMMM!!! MEDICAL EXPENSES!!! *GOBBLE MUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH*

 

[OnMyWayThere]

She doesnt have any other insurance?

No other type of health insurance... I think the hospitals are losing the money here when the insurance companies are giving them the middle finger... .quite unfair of Medicare

 

[Pinkertinkle]

Pft 6k ain't nothing. I once stayed at a hospital for three weeks to the tune of $200,000, now watching insurance pay for all of that was quite satisfying. Makes for good PS material too.

 

[Code Brown]

It already said on the bill:

"Your portion of this bill is $140"... who the heck eats the extra $6000+ ???

It must have been a DRG and they go the bad portion of it.

 

[TTSD]

Have you ever been to the ER when you're uninsured? Holy crap is it expensive.