Let's play guess the hospital bill

If you were to spend 2 hours and 25 minutes in the emergency room at the “not for profit” Yuma Regional Medical Center, what do you think would be a reasonable bill?

OK, I was diagnosed in 5 minutes (literally), with a kidney stone, given fluids intravenously for dehydration and given a pain-killer.

So, what do you think, $300, $500?

OK, after easily diagnosing the kidney stnoe, the attending physician sent me down for a CT scan, “just to be sure,” of course.

So, now what do you think, $1,000, $1,200?

But we all know the state of health care costs these days, so let's be more realistic.

Would you think a reasonable bill would be $2,000, $3,000?

OK, what would you think might be an UNREASONABLE bill for A DIAGNOSIS of $4,000, $6,000?

Well, I hit the jackpot.

My bill at the “not for profit” organization was $9,527.30 with the doctor's portion of this bill, for literally five minutes of face time and four questions, being $700.63.

I shudder to think what it would have cost had they actually solved the problem.