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the Cost of Emergency Medical Procedures

Price 
Location 
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Description
$ 8000
Mar 2007
Iowa
car accident
Crushed by a car  more... close row
$ 5000
May 2007
New York, NY
Punctured Uterus
Emergency surgeon for special circumstance  more... close row
$ 9000
May 2008
Memphis, Tennessee
MRSA infection in knee
Frightening MRSA in daughter  more... close row
$ 1750
Feb 2007
Baltimore, MD
Broken toe
Foot run over by a Go-Kart  more... close row
$ 8000
Aug 2007
Lincolnton, NC
appendicitis
Emergency appendectomy needed  more... close row
$ 2250
Sep 2006
Tampa, FL
Shin cut that wouldn't quit bleeding
Bleeding just wouldn't stop  more... close row
$ 4500
Jul 2007
Warren, AR
head injury from slipping in bathtub
Son got CAT scan after faslling and hitting head  more... close row
$ 3000
Oct 2006
Warren, AR
eyelid busted open along crease
Stitches for eye area due to roughhousing  more... close row
$ 50
Nov 2007
Hackensack, NJ
broken wrist
Emergency surgery on a broken wrist  more... close row

Description of service

The service was emergency surgery on a broken wrist that I suffered last November on a family trip to New Jersey for the Thanksgiving holiday. It was done at a local ER, and the $50 represents my insurance copay for an ER visit. The emergency medical procedure involved re-breaking the wrist. It also involved setting it, and placing a cast on.


Review of Service

The entire experience was awful and painful. I was on meds for most of it though, and honestly don't remember much about the procedure itself. From what my family told me, the doctors were very curteous, and I got rushed right in, did not have to wait long at all. Upon returning home I got a regular orthopedic and he also said that the emergency re-breaking of the wrist was in fact necessary, and did go very well. Breaking the wrist was a painful experience and a huge hassle for the holidays, but at least I was treated in good hands.


Tips

My tip is to not play rough games of football with the family during the holidays so you don't do anything stupid and break your wrist in the first place like I did, because it is a painful experience!


$ 160
Feb 2006
Tampa, FL
underarm cyst
Cysts need to be lanced  more... close row
$ 17000
Oct 2008
Radfprd, VA
Gall bladder
Emergency assessment and removal at Carilion. Two years later,  more... close row
$ 1500
Jan 2008
Ashland City, TN
cramps after labor
Wonderful emergency room staff  more... close row
$ 1800
Feb 2008
Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Could not get their act together....
ER for abdominal pain  more... close row
$ 12000
Feb 2008
Raleigh, NC
fell down stairs
Poor quality emergency services  more... close row
$ 8000
Apr 2007
mount Pleasant
surgeon
Emergency gallbladder removal  more... close row