Hospital bill for a live birth

[jon-nyc]

   1956.  

[Horace]

Yeah but that's several hundred dollars in today's money.

[jon-nyc]

Even worse than that. $1,264.50.

[jon-nyc]

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.

[LuFins Dad]

$1.50 for a fucking bracelet? Ripoff…

[jon-nyc]

It’s been some time since I bought drugs but 9.50 seems like a good deal.

[Mik]

I paid zero for a bottle of hydrocodone the other day.

[LuFins Dad]

And $9.50 per night for a shared room? The Plaza only charged $20 back then…

[89th]

How do we know that receipt isn't from 1856 or even 1756 for that matter?

[LuFins Dad]

@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?

[LuFins Dad]

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.

[jon-nyc]

@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).

[89th]

@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