I think we did amazingly well handling Katie’s heart surgery. However, I had a good long cry when I received the itemized bill from the surgery. It wasn’t the amount; our insurance is great and the amount we have to pay is fine (I am thinking it will be about $5K once all the bills come through). What really got me crying was seeing each item, its amount, and essentially seeing a price tag on my baby’s life. They saved her life and it cost about $90K which seems like a lot but I would pay every penny if necessary. I am so thankful they could save her for such a small percentage of ‘priceless’.
Here are some of the big ticket items:
- $27K for the surgeon
- $9.5K closure of multiple ventricu…(rest was cut off)
- $7.4K repair heart septum defect
- $9.8K revision of pulmonary valve
- $4K for the anesthesiology
- $1K for each ICU doctor visit
- $20K for ICU services and room
- $9K for lab chemistry
- $9K for OR services
I understand your feelings. The boys medical cost we so high we would never been able to get them the care they needed had Greg not been in the military. One of the many reasons he will stay in as long as possible. We want to pay it back in service.
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