Gadzooks!
Did I mention that I evidently have the best insurance in the world?
Here's my cost breakdown:
ER visit in AZ: $50.00
Admittance to Kaiser Santa Clara: $100.00
Prescriptions: $20.00
And that's it, folks.
And then today, I get a bill from Kaiser Permanente Ambulance Service, and I think, yikes, I wonder if that's where the hidden cost is going to come from? But luckily, it wasn't an actual bill, it was a statement, and there were big $00.00s all over the place. However, if I didn't have the most awesomest insurance in the world, the ambulance rides would have cost:
From the tiny hospital in Benson, AZ to the equally tiny airport in the same town (a distance I heard discussed as being about 2 miles): $140.40
From SJC to Kaiser Santa Clara (which is what, like 5 or 6 miles?): $548.22
Yikes!
Can you imagine what the medevac flight must have cost?
So a big thanks goes out to my employers for the great insurance. I never thought I'd really need it, but gods am I glad to have it.
Here's my cost breakdown:
ER visit in AZ: $50.00
Admittance to Kaiser Santa Clara: $100.00
Prescriptions: $20.00
And that's it, folks.
And then today, I get a bill from Kaiser Permanente Ambulance Service, and I think, yikes, I wonder if that's where the hidden cost is going to come from? But luckily, it wasn't an actual bill, it was a statement, and there were big $00.00s all over the place. However, if I didn't have the most awesomest insurance in the world, the ambulance rides would have cost:
From the tiny hospital in Benson, AZ to the equally tiny airport in the same town (a distance I heard discussed as being about 2 miles): $140.40
From SJC to Kaiser Santa Clara (which is what, like 5 or 6 miles?): $548.22
Yikes!
Can you imagine what the medevac flight must have cost?
So a big thanks goes out to my employers for the great insurance. I never thought I'd really need it, but gods am I glad to have it.