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Senior Policy Correspondent @voxdotcom. Running a year-long project on emergency room billing. Help out by sharing your bill!

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    1. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff Apr 25

      Every week I spend about 2-3 hours reading emergency room bills in our database. Today’s stand-out is a patient currently paying $4,200 for three stitches and a tetanus shot in thumb.

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    2. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff Apr 25

      Have your own story of ER billing to share? I want to hear about it! Submit your bills at http://erbills.vox.com .

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      Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff Apr 25

      Runner-up bill for this week: $1,400 for a 6-month-old’s ER visit where one x-ray was taken. The family has a high deductible plan, so they’re stuck with the whole bill.

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        1. Louise Norris‏ @LouiseNorris Apr 25
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          We paid $1,400 for an x-ray and one stitch when our son was two. The stitch went all the way through his finger, to keep the tip of his finger (caught in a door) attached while it healed. Seemed like a lot at the time, but I guess we got the stitch for free!

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        2. Jeff V‏ @JMVenz Apr 25
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          I'm off and running towards our $4k deductible, due to a mysterious stomach.

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        3. Mark Cipolla‏ @markcipolla Apr 26
          Replying to @JMVenz @sarahkliff

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        4. Mark Cipolla‏ @markcipolla Apr 26
          Replying to @markcipolla @JMVenz @sarahkliff

          Jokes, but I hope everything is okay. Mystery illness is the worst.

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        1. Some Dude‏ @TwatterMcGee Apr 26
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          Thank Obamacare and the ever encroaching arm of government into the health care market for that.

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        1. jham‏ @jhamiltonlangbe Apr 26
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          No doubt about it....the bills you referenced are egregious but it would be helpful to reference the cost for the same treatment at an urgent care center. The price difference would astound most people and maybe you could help change the behavior of going to an ER for 3 stitches.

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        2. Ron Simpson‏ @rgspol Apr 25
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          I read two years ago where Japan has been able to control costs. An MRI there costs $25.00 - Twenty Five Dollars? They have a mandatory, universal insurance system. Everyone is in, required by law.  All insurance companies are non-profit, like Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

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        3. Ron Simpson‏ @rgspol Apr 25
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          That's Twenty Five Dollars!!! No question marks!

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        1. Rogue‏ @SunsetLife22 Apr 25
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          Negotiated down from $10k by the insurance company, no doubt. Our health care system is a joke.

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        1. Allison‏ @allisons Apr 25
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          I have a six month old. I'm just aching for the parents just because something happened to *need* the x-ray. Terrifying.

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        1. Patrick Ying‏ @umbrellaman92 Apr 25
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          Are they out of network? If in-network with high deductible plan, they would get negotiated rate at least, even if the insurance doesn’t pay anything yet.

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        1. Aeturnum‏ @animusmachina Apr 25
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          Do the bills have both the 'base' and negotiated prices for the services or just the billed amount?

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        1. Timothy Bancroft‏ @tsbancroft Apr 25
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          Having spent some time, completely uninsured, in other countries, the difference is staggering, & partly because of lack of profit motive. In Taiwan or Korea, a consult and an x-ray usually runs under $100 w/o insurance. A month of medication cost $40 ($4 w/ insurance).

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        1. Pete O  🌊‏ @Oldytowski Apr 25
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          We have one like this, but worse. I’ll try and dig it up.

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        1. J.A. Meyer‏ @JenniferMeyer6 Apr 25
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          correct you have ER facility fees, registration, RN and MD assessment diagnostic time, the actual film and then the radiologist interpretation. It all ads up.

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        1. james_roe‏ @james_roe Apr 25
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          And yet your publication regularly discredits Medicare for All despite the NIH estimating 15% savings overnight for getting rid of health insurers. Heck of a job brownie.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4283267/ …

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