$46.25 for four ibuprofen tablets, lmao.
My name is Audrey, and I welcomed my newest favorite person into the world in 2023.
For a very uncomplicated pregnancy, my labor and delivery weren’t that easy-breezy.
Well, now I know!
I’m still getting bills trickling in that I’m responsible for.
I’m honestly scared at this point about going to my mailbox.
So, I’m here to share my hospital bills.
First off, I started having contractions at noon on a Wednesday.
We were convinced exercise would help walk the baby out, so we went to the zoo.
Contractions were five minutes apart.
All day, they were around five minutes apart.
I decided to get checked out that night.
My bill for that hospital visit was $1,146.
The out-of-pocket expense: $203.22.
But wait, there’s more.
The doctor bills separately.
The doctor bill for that visit: $303.
I paid $112.79 after insurance.
I can’t stress enough that the doctor was in my room formaybefive minutes.
I was still at 1.5 cm but had a hard time breathing through contractions.
They agreed to admit and induce me, and that’s where this next bill starts.
I ended up paying $2,071 out of pocket for this bill.
The first one that made me raise my eyebrows is this one: a urine screening for $1,251.95.
Instead, the hospital charged $360 for five.
I would assume this was for during my C-section.
Anyway, with a quick google, Supply Clinic sells this exact product for $161.03.
However, Drugs.com says the average price is $13.70.
I was charged $19.25 for a 50 mg tablet of diphenhydramine, which is…Benadryl.
$19.25 for one tablet of Benadryl.
That means it was marked up 2,961% from the Target price.
Here’s a fun one: I was charged $9.25 per 600 mg of ibuprofen.
I was given five tablets.
I was charged $8.25 per capsule of docusate sodium (a laxative).
Walmart sells a bottle of140 of themfor $4.54.
I got two charges for ropivacaine, a numbing agent.
It looked like it was charged per milligram.
However, when 200 mg was charged, it was $2.19 per milligram.
When 105 mg was charged, it was $3.36 per milligram.
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I was charged $5,573 a day for my hospital room.
I was in there for two hours.
THIS IS FUN AND NOT SAD AT ALL.
LET’S KEEP GOING.
My son was charged $3,295 a day for “Nursery Level I.”
There was no equipment or anything attached to it.
He was charged for three hearing tests, each at over $200.
Also, he was charged $312.50 for a hepatitis B vaccine.
If he would’ve had it done at our county clinic, it would’ve been free.
