Cost of CPR??

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Have any of you seen how much a hospital will charge if they have to do CPR on you?

At our hospital, a charge of CPR generates a $192.75 addition to your bill.

Now wouldn't you be p.o'd if you were charged almost $200 bucks for a procedure, that FAILED!!
 
Originally posted by EMTPrincess@Nov 1 2005, 10:44 PM


At our hospital, a charge of CPR generates a $192.75 addition to your bill.
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Sounds like a deal.. when ya thing ASA cost me $4.00 per tablet on my last stay
I need to buy a large Jug at Walmart and sell them .. lets see 500 bottle count at $4.00 per tab ..thats $2,000.00 WOW
 
That doesn't include the cost for supplies, meds, procedures (intubation), the ER Level Charge, or the DR charge. That is just the charge for the pump and blow.
 
Princess,

You should set up a stand outside the trauma room... "CPR: $99.95"

Can you imagine the money!
 
:o :o :o HOLY CRAP!!

I checked another....that rate above is CHEAP!!! The ER rate for CPR is $662! The other is the Respiratory Therapy rate....


I am thinkin' your Idea is a good one Matt..

could you see my ads on TV and in the Newspaper now...


"CPR! Lowest price in town - GUARANTEED! Or I will take 10% off your bill."

then the annoucer guy comes in with the "fine print"...

no guarantee of results is made, 10% dicount applies only unsuccessful resusitation because you can't put a price on life, but we will and that price is $99.95 - plus shipping and handling and all local, state, federal, and made up taxes - rescuer is no responsible for the any actions she may make should her attempt to bring back the dead fail, but she will take all the credit for any actions that may result in the dead walking out of her roadside stand, only one patient at a time, reservations not necessary, but highly recommended. thank you, good luck and my the force be with you."
 
Originally posted by EMTPrincess@Nov 1 2005, 11:31 PM
That is just the charge for the pump and blow.
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:blink:
 
Remember... If they actually work a code for any lenght of time, the top couple of "ER Level" charge will be hit (how many meds do you push in a code?). How much does a code or an otherwise "sick" patient disrupt the flow of the ER? How many DR's and RN's are committed to one patient??

The cost is justified, and probably reasonable compared to the other ED costs.

The CPR Fee is probably a way they can get a bunch of money for the code they call almost upon arrivial.


On the ALS I vs. ALS II subject - I actualy had an almost BLS patient that was given Ketoralac, MsO4, and MsO4... for a broken foot, and in pain. Supposedly 3 IV/IM meds puts you into the higher-charge catagory.
 
Its sad that here in America you get charged for someone saving your life. I mean $662.66 is a ridiculous way of putting a price tag on a persons life.

I honestly think that CPR should be one of the few "freebies" in healthcare. I personally wouldnt want to take a dime from someone who just had a brush with death. I dont need monetary payment for saving a persons life, knowing they lived to tell the the tale is enough of a payment in my book. Besides look at how many people outside of healthcare are certified in CPR even if it is just layperson CPR. I wouldnt charge for this at all.

-CP
 
I got a bottle of ASA, 100 count, at Dollar Tree for $1.
 
I get a letter from the local ambulance every year requesting money...

They want me to pay 75.00 a year, and they won't charge >me< for a full ambulance Bill.
But they will charge my insurance company the full amount, and what ever they don't pay, I have to cover. Plus I have to pay the 3.50 per mile charge, a 400.00 charge if they have to rescue me, a 500.00 charge if they have to stand by while my house is on fire, and a 1,250.00 charge if they have to do CPR on me, or my wife.

I wonder what the hell would run up a 1250.00 bill for a volunteer ambulance to do CPR. They don't use drugs or intubate, and oxygen is a lease deal, it's not like they are making it with their own little oxygen farm. I can only see where it would cost 19 cents for an airway, and 15 bucks for a BVM; maybe 25 or 35 for a pair of AED Pads...

Besides, if I have to pay for all of that anyway, why send them 75 bucks.. The goddamn blood suckers.

I wrote this to the local newspaper, at first they didn't print it. Then when they did, it was like a firestorm. :lol:
 
Eh, if I were the one they did it on, I wouldn't be pissed afterwards.... some of my loved ones might though... :P
 
My whole understanding of the "subscription" idea, was that they won't go after you for the co-pays, or if insurance denies the claim.


jon
 
Originally posted by MedicStudentJon@Nov 2 2005, 09:15 PM
My whole understanding of the "subscription" idea, was that they won't go after you for the co-pays, or if insurance denies the claim.


jon
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Bill em all! :lol:


Add the following words:

Cannot ambulate.

Oxygen has improved pt. condition

Physcian (requested/suggested/ordered) patient to call ambulance

Medicare will pay anything that has any one of those terms in it.
 
Originally posted by TTLWHKR@Nov 2 2005, 12:28 PM
and oxygen is a lease deal, it's not like they are making it with their own little oxygen farm.
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:lol: , funniest thing I've read in awhile...I was able to get an exclusive photo of these "oxygen farms"...
rainforest%20view.jpg
 
Now wouldn't you be p.o'd if you were charged almost $200 bucks for a procedure, that FAILED!!
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iirc, it may have been ancient Chinese medicine that dictated the provider was paid only for a success

'twould put quite the dent in golf club memberships these days eh?

~S~
 
Originally posted by TTLWHKR+Nov 3 2005, 12:53 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TTLWHKR @ Nov 3 2005, 12:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-MedicStudentJon@Nov 2 2005, 09:15 PM
My whole understanding of the "subscription" idea, was that they won't go after you for the co-pays, or if insurance denies the claim.


jon
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Bill em all! :lol:


Add the following words:

Cannot ambulate.

Oxygen has improved pt. condition

Physcian (requested/suggested/ordered) patient to call ambulance

Medicare will pay anything that has any one of those terms in it. [/b][/quote]
yeah, but BC/BS isn't Mediscare
 
Here in this poor rural area the LifeEvac group often comes to fundraisers for the VFD or other community functions and offer subscriptions to their service. This is pretty nice because I talked to one of the flight medics and asked how it works and he told me you buy a subscription for a family of 4 for $50, put the LifeEvac Team Member stickers on the entrances to your residence and one on your fridge and if you need to be flown they call in a bird and they charge you nothing. Of course this has to be paid annually. Without the subscription your looking at 3,000-4,000 dollar bill just to fly and that doesnt include any procedures done in flight. :blink:

They sell roughly 1,000-2,000 new subscriptions each year as people learn about it and then of course the annual income from those already paying. So the bill is basically shared by all the Life Evac Team Members because some never have to use it but pay anyway, while others do use it. I think this is a good way to cut down medical costs for everyone as many people are already paying into it. And of course they generate revenue from the Medicare and Medicaid folks.

-CP
 
Acadian has this business in Louisana and the Everglades..... if you need medical help, you call their 800 number, and you get a helicopter in the middle of knowhere to help you.
 
We were recently talking about billing for certain types of calls - mutual aids, RMA's (when called in by the pt) and other general "sick" types - but this is way far away from coming to fruition yet.
 
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