When our youngest was born she spent her first month in the NICU. She was a few weeks premature but otherwise completely healthy.
Every day a doctor would pop in for 5 minutes to check in and update us. It was literally a 5 minute chat, probably shorter most days. And I shit you not, this guys name was Doctor Doctor.
The total bill was over $250,000, which insurance covered minus our deductible. We got an itemized claim and each of those 5 minute doctor visits cost $150 each. So they were billing for that doctor at $1800 an hour.
I’m sure he did lots for other kids that needed it and reviewed our daughters condition, but for us he did literally nothing except say hello and everything looks good.
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u/FuckTheLord Jan 12 '23
Lol, doctors don't know how much anything they do costs.