Re: Re: $/surgey--more per foot???

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Subject: Re: cost of surgery?

>

> Thanks Trisha, I hope I am that fortunate. Dinah in ALA

> > The cost of my surgery was:

> > Hospital: 7687.

> > Doctor R: 3455. This included clinic

> > the pain Doc 930.

> >

> > total 12,072.

> >

> > I was in 24 hours. I think my surgery was 40 minutes.

> >

> > This was on June 1, 2000

> > Trisha

Dear ALL,

I was a self pay and had [er, it was my pleasure] to pay $11,000.00 up front

to the hospital. I was told that DRH would refund the difference, if any.

After about 3 or 4 weeks I started calling DRH to see what my final bill

was. They [the " business " office] were very hard to get ahold of and

promised to call me back but never did, etc. I finally did get one person

that said the total hospital bill from DRH for my surgery was $10,765.00. I

asked for an itemized statement and was told that someone else would return

my call after the weekend. No one ever called and I was getting concerned.

Dr. R had told my wife, Bobsy [not Mopsy], that my surgery was 35 minutes.

So I'm thinking to myself: " Self, why was your surgery so much more that

everyone else's around the same dates? " I have yet to get an itemized

statement which I will desperatley need to fight and appeal with my insurer,

United Healthcare[less] (haha, get the pun? Care-less ha ha I crack myself

up).

BUT: today I looked in my mail [6 weeks post-op] and see something that

looks like a check from DRH! I open it up, expecting to see a draft for

$245.00 but I was delighted to see a draft for $2400.38!!! I guess that

made my hospital bill $8599.62!!! I sure like that a lot better than

$10,765.00!!!

Now, if you take the $8599.62 that I was charged and subtract the $7687.00

that Trisha was charged you get a difference of $912.62. Now, if you

consider my " two extra feet " , it works out to a measly $38.03 per inch of

bypass past 6 feet. Now--that is a real bargain!!!! It works for me!

Analytically yours,

Dr. Bill " Cochise " Ingram in AL

mgb06-02-00 393/332 (two more pounds and my scales at home will be

" accurate " !)

[Guest guest]

Dr. Bill,

You have a wonderful sense of humor...way too funny!

Congrats on your stats, as well!

Tricia in IL

" L. Ingram V, DMD FAGD " wrote:

>

> I have yet to get an itemized

> statement which I will desperatley need to fight and appeal with my

> insurer,

> United Healthcare[less] (haha, get the pun? Care-less ha ha I crack

> myself

> up).

>

> BUT: today I looked in my mail [6 weeks post-op] and see something

> that

> looks like a check from DRH! I open it up, expecting to see a draft

> for

> $245.00 but I was delighted to see a draft for $2400.38!!! I guess

> that

> made my hospital bill $8599.62!!! I sure like that a lot better than

> $10,765.00!!!

>

> Now, if you take the $8599.62 that I was charged and subtract the

> $7687.00

> that Trisha was charged you get a difference of $912.62. Now, if you

> consider my " two extra feet " , it works out to a measly $38.03 per inch

> of

> bypass past 6 feet. Now--that is a real bargain!!!! It works for me!

>

> Analytically yours,

>

> Dr. Bill " Cochise " Ingram in AL

> mgb06-02-00 393/332 (two more pounds and my scales at home will be

> " accurate " !)