Sticker Shock

This must be some kind of record for me... three separate posts in one day! I certainly didn't intend to write this one, but after getting the mail this afternoon... I just needed to share.

As you can imagine, I have been receiving several EOB (Explanation of Benefits, a statement saying what was billed to my insurance, how much was allowed, how much was applied to deductible, etc...) and have most recently started to receive the actual bills from my surgery for the miscarriage. Let me say that _not_ having a baby is super expensive! I would have to double check my old paperwork, but I'm fairly certain the miscarriage has cost more than Abi's birth... or at least very comparable... especially when you consider the fact that eventually there were 2 of us to care for _and_ I was in the hospital for more than 7 hours! Heck! I was in labor for more than that!

Ironically, though, I have to say that the oral meds I took (metoclopramide and famotidine) were not expensive... and the drug world gets a bad rap for prices! Those two meds were less than 50cents (which is less than 0.012% of the total bill). Craziness I tell you!

Here's another weird twist of it... the hospital bill shows me being charged for a urine culture and urinalysis, but I don't remember giving one! Being as that alone amounted to $130, I think I might call on that one. I figure they should have lab results to prove their case on that one... what do you think?

Okay, so I'm sure none of you wanted to hear or really care, but I am in such sticker shock, I had to share! Please feel free to share any stories you might have with me. :)

Love,
Angie :)