why does aspirin cost $200 per a pill at the hospital

[djproof]

is because they like to rape old people's medicare?

[chrislols]

is because they like to rape old people's medicare?

I lol'd when my dad was in the hospital a few months back, and it was like legit like $80 per Aspirin

[Maestro]

is because they like to rape old people's medicare?

Yeah its pretty bad I'm a pharmacy technician at a hospital and our aspirin cost about $8 a piece.

um, perscription pills are about $50-$75 depending on the popularity of the drug. A drig like Levaquin is somewhere in teh range of $100 per pill, Avodart (for enlarged prostate) is even more than that.

IV antibiotics range from $375-$500 per dose

1 day in our ICU is about $100,000

and those little plastic puke pans cups and crap all comes out to about $40.

just to put things into perspective.

[martyr5]

They make it with gold.

[Scrote]

cuz it's the good ****

[0.0]

Yeah its pretty bad I'm a pharmacy technician at a hospital and our aspirin cost about $8 a piece.

um, perscription pills are about $50-$75 depending on the popularity of the drug. A drig like Levaquin is somewhere in teh range of $100 per pill, Avodart (for enlarged prostate) is even more than that.

IV antibiotics range from $375-$500 per dose

1 day in our ICU is about $100,000

and those little plastic puke pans cups and crap all comes out to about $40.

just to put things into perspective.

lol.

[tomdotcom]

because youre in america.

[Hardnutcheck]

Same idea as the Mini bar in the hotel rooms.

[matty_b_bop]

Yeah its pretty bad I'm a pharmacy technician at a hospital and our aspirin cost about $8 a piece.

um, perscription pills are about $50-$75 depending on the popularity of the drug. A drig like Levaquin is somewhere in teh range of $100 per pill, Avodart (for enlarged prostate) is even more than that.

IV antibiotics range from $375-$500 per dose

1 day in our ICU is about $100,000

and those little plastic puke pans cups and crap all comes out to about $40.

just to put things into perspective.

my dad was pissed when i was in a coma.

how much would it cost for 9 days in the ICU, scans, flight for life, etc

i think my total bill was like $450K, but i can't remember (lulz)

[chrislols]

flight for life,

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[Star_Ruler]

per a pill


per a pill

[JustAnotherUser]

They tried this **** on my dad. He told me to go to the Walgreens and pick some up. Told the doctor that he could dose himself just fine. Doctor tried to complain and my dad pulled the Hippocratic Oath on him. 'Twas funny.

[skarotum]

What? Whenever I've been to the hospital and everyone I've ever known, everything has been free. I've had free xrays, 3 cat scans etc. All free. WTF........ohhhh, wait, you are Americans with your vastly superior health care system. My bad. I think I might go wait in the emergency room after work just to get in and tell the doctor how good I feel and that everything is ok.


Really though, that's some f'd up bs.

[whiteboyy09]

dammn thats highway robbery

[Maestro]

my dad was pissed when i was in a coma.

how much would it cost for 9 days in the ICU, scans, flight for life, etc

i think my total bill was like $450K, but i can't remember (lulz)

You're in Wisconsin so the pricing may be different but at the hospital I work at..... somewhere in the range of $1.5-2million

-9 days in ICU
-the IV antibiotics
-the machines you were hooked up to
-then once you woke up and were stable enough you were probably sent to one of the wards for a few more days
-food


yeah, thats about right.

[Amsterdammerr]

Yeah its pretty bad I'm a pharmacy technician at a hospital and our aspirin cost about $8 a piece.

um, perscription pills are about $50-$75 depending on the popularity of the drug. A drig like Levaquin is somewhere in teh range of $100 per pill, Avodart (for enlarged prostate) is even more than that.

IV antibiotics range from $375-$500 per dose

1 day in our ICU is about $100,000

and those little plastic puke pans cups and crap all comes out to about $40.

just to put things into perspective.

Holy fcuking ****, not sure if srs

Why is this shi*t so expensive?

[DomLee]

Typical hospital costs/fees. Keep in mind, hospitals are still a business. And they must treat all incoming patients regardless of their ability to pay (and a lot of lower income individuals w/o medical coverage simply cannot pay). That is partly why stuff is insanely expensive. Not to mention the ever increasing costs of medication, etc.

[PowerOfTruth]

No, no and no. Do not confuse CHARGED rates with actual rates BILLED to Medicare/Medicaid/Ins/Etc. They are NOT the same.

[Maestro]

They tried this **** on my dad. He told me to go to the Walgreens and pick some up. Told the doctor that he could dose himself just fine. Doctor tried to complain and my dad pulled the Hippocratic Oath on him. 'Twas funny.

you can do that at my hospital.

If the doctor prescribes a stool softener (which is about $20 per pill) you can go to teh local drug store and buy it cheaper and take that instead.

The same applies if you're on perscription drugs (which is something everyone should watch out for)

If your parents or grandparents ever get admitted to the hospital and they are already on perscription drugs (for high cholesterol/hypertension etc) they will automtically start billing for use of these drugs as if they are coming from teh hospital.

Make sure you let them know that you are going to have them take their own meds. Don't let the hospital re-prescribe meds they are already on. It happens all the time.

[Amsterdammerr]

You're in Wisconsin so the pricing may be different but at the hospital I work at..... somewhere in the range of $1.5-2million

-9 days in ICU
-the IV antibiotics
-the machines you were hooked up to
-then once you woke up and were stable enough you were probably sent to one of the wards for a few more days
-food


yeah, thats about right.

Were u insured matty?

[gunit00]

Typical hospital costs/fees. Keep in mind, hospitals are still a business. And they must treat all incoming patients regardless of their ability to pay (and a lot of lower income individuals w/o medical coverage simply cannot pay). That is partly why stuff is insanely expensive. Not to mention the ever increasing costs of medication, etc.

Don't blame it on poor ppl you twat. Its a scam...Period.

[matty_b_bop]

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brain hemorrhaging

You're in Wisconsin so the pricing may be different but at the hospital I work at..... somewhere in the range of $1.5-2million

-9 days in ICU
-the IV antibiotics
-the machines you were hooked up to
-then once you woke up and were stable enough you were probably sent to one of the wards for a few more days
-food


yeah, thats about right.

yeah, i was in the hospital for a total of 11 days.

also had to learn how to walk and stuff again. i was pretty fuked up.

my dad said the helicopter ride alone was like 50K or something? that sound right?

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Were u insured matty?

lulz!

yeah, i was under my parents insurance at the time. they almost dropped my family afterwards, though.

[BarlesCharkley]

so why is this **** so expensive? why they charge so much?

[Maestro]

brain hemorrhaging



yeah, i was in the hospital for a total of 11 days.

also had to learn how to walk and stuff again. i was pretty fuked up.

my dad said the helicopter ride alone was like 50K or something? that sound right?

yeah.

The one thing that is actually kind of cheap (with respect to everything else) is the ambulance ride. Its a flat rate so it doesn't matter whether you're 1 block from the hospital or 45minutes away you still pay a fee of about $8,000.

[Maestro]

Holy fcuking ****, not sure if srs

Why is this shi*t so expensive?

I blame politics. There's a lot more to it compared to just going to the store and buying a loaf of bread.

[The-Stig]

my dad was pissed when i was in a coma.

how much would it cost for 9 days in the ICU, scans, flight for life, etc

i think my total bill was like $450K, but i can't remember (lulz)

Da fuk? Now THAT is fuked up.

[callum-2006]

Are you seriously expected to pay $2 million ****ing dollars for hospital treatment?!? Where the **** would you get that kind of money.

[Amsterdammerr]

I blame politics. There's a lot more to it compared to just going to the store and buying a loaf of bread.

Okay then
Lets take matty b bop case, how much of that 1.5 million would remain if you were to make it cheaper but still a realistic amount to profit from

50% off? 25%?

[matty_b_bop]

Da fuk? Now THAT is fuked up.

if you read below, it was actually much more than that. i didn't know the cost, that was just a guess.

Are you seriously expected to pay $2 million ****ing dollars for hospital treatment?!? Where the **** would you get that kind of money.

all the prices are jacked up with insurance. but yeah, if i didn't have insurance, i would have just asked them to put a bullet in my head.

paying 2 million dollars would be impossible

[IVEverLow]

yeah.

The one thing that is actually kind of cheap (with respect to everything else) is the ambulance ride. Its a flat rate so it doesn't matter whether you're 1 block from the hospital or 45minutes away you still pay a fee of about $8,000.

Holy crap your ambulances are expensive. My ride cost $1500+/-