Hospital bill for a live birth
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wrote 19 days ago last edited by jon-nyc 5 Nov 2025, 17:56
1956.
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Yeah but that's several hundred dollars in today's money.
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wrote 19 days ago last edited by
Even worse than that. $1,264.50.
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When the boy was born we paid I think $750 a day on top of insurance to have a private room. Maybe it was 1k, can’t remember.
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$1.50 for a fucking bracelet? Ripoff…
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It’s been some time since I bought drugs but 9.50 seems like a good deal.
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I paid zero for a bottle of hydrocodone the other day.
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And $9.50 per night for a shared room? The Plaza only charged $20 back then…
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wrote 18 days ago last edited by
How do we know that receipt isn't from 1856 or even 1756 for that matter?
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@89th said in Hospital bill for a live birth:
How do we know that receipt isn't from 1856 or even 1756 for that matter?
I assume that you are joking?
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Of course, on the other side, the typewriter that was printed on cost the equivalent of $2100 when it was invented, $1456 in 1956, and $45 today.
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@89th said in Hospital bill for a live birth:
How do we know that receipt isn't from 1856 or even 1756 for that matter?
People didn’t give birth in hospitals then. Even my dad was born at home (1930).
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@89th said in Hospital bill for a live birth:
How do we know that receipt isn't from 1856 or even 1756 for that matter?
I assume that you are joking?
wrote 18 days ago last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Hospital bill for a live birth:
@89th said in Hospital bill for a live birth:
How do we know that receipt isn't from 1856 or even 1756 for that matter?
I assume that you are joking?
Indeed
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wrote 17 days ago last edited by blondie
My kid’s birth cost $10,300 in 1994 in an upscale Alabama Hospital. I still remember that bill which came later. Rapid C-section. 2 anesthetists. I left 24 hrs post delivery (because I wanted to). Blue Cross paid for almost all of it. I had 2 meals on fancy china. The hospital room had really nice wall paper and bed linen. They gave us our car seat and a huge amount of supplies we needed a dolly for to move out to the car. Quite the contrast from Canada.
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Was that UAB?
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My kid’s birth cost $10,300 in 1994 in an upscale Alabama Hospital. I still remember that bill which came later. Rapid C-section. 2 anesthetists. I left 24 hrs post delivery (because I wanted to). Blue Cross paid for almost all of it. I had 2 meals on fancy china. The hospital room had really nice wall paper and bed linen. They gave us our car seat and a huge amount of supplies we needed a dolly for to move out to the car. Quite the contrast from Canada.
wrote 17 days ago last edited by@blondie said in Hospital bill for a live birth:
My kid’s birth cost $10,300 in 1994 in an upscale Alabama Hospital. I still remember that bill which came later. Rapid C-section. 2 anesthetists. I left 24 hrs post delivery (because I wanted to). Blue Cross paid for almost all of it. I had 2 meals on fancy china. The hospital room had really nice wall paper and bed linen. They gave us our car seat and a huge amount of supplies we needed a dolly for to move out to the car. Quite the contrast from Canada.
Our first was in Canada, the second in the US. The Canadian one consisted of about 18 hours of the OB-GYN sulking and arguing with Mrs. Phibes because we'd used a midwife, including him leaving the hospital in a bit of a huff and having to be repeatedly paged. Eventually his replacement had to perform a c-section. Not exactly a stress-free experience, to put it mildly.
The second one (planned c-section this time) in the US had an all-you-can eat breakfast buffet right there on the ward, which I was allowed to eat.
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wrote 17 days ago last edited by blondie
@Doctor-Phibes .. There was a reason we planned that pregnancy for the US
… #1 I wanted that epidural from the get go .. not an option in Canada. #2 I wanted a fully (aka board) certified Obstetrician as my doctor throughout my pregnancy & immediately post and no one else, also a Pediatrician post .. again not possible here. I wanted choice choosing who those doctors would be too .. LOL, no choice here. #3 I hoped for a C-Section and just knew that could be easier to ‘arrange’ in the U.S. #4 I was well over 30 and wanted easy access to any and every prenatal genetic/diagnostic screening method available … again, not possible here. #5 I needed reassurance there’d be top tier NICU services available if need be without the staffing/funding/capacity Canadian B.S. I well knew working in that system.
