The American healthcare system
So I wasn't worried too much about the cost of my operation because I have decent insurance & an HSA-- this bill blew my mind. To be clear, paying my portion of the bill isn't an issue, but I can't fathom needing the operation while being self-pay (which I was when I was younger). My surgery was robot-assisted, and I understand that robots are expensive. This still seems insane given all they are doing (oversimplifying) is removing things and sewing up the ends. I was there for less than 8 hours; my recovery room had a chair, not a bed. Both the bills are from the surgery, because I guess the first one wasn't enough. Okay, I'm sure there's a good reason for billing separately, but also they charged $445.09 for the Dermabond (skin glue) for my four incision spots.
Anyway, just needed to rant somewhere because our healthcare system is horrible. No shade to our doctors and nurses, though.
