23 Pictures That Show What A Gigantic Scam The United States Healthcare System Is

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If you live in the United States and you need to go to the hospital, it can cost you...

1. $131,047 for a heart attack:

SLPT: Avoid paying costly medical bills by dying instead from ShittyLifeProTips

2. $70,000 for an emergency appendectomy:

$70,000+ in medical bills? from Wellthatsucks

3. $64,525.55 for a two-night hospital stay:

My bill for a 2 night hospital stay. from ABoringDystopia

4. $420 for a 15-foot ambulance trip:

I passed out in the parking lot of the emergency room, and they sent an ambulance to take me 15 feet from Wellthatsucks

5. $9,350 for some food poisoning:

Went to the ER for what turned out to be bad food poisoning. Was in a bed for less than 2 hours. Got the bill today. from mildlyinfuriating

6. $1,552.80 for one blood test:

I went to the hospital (US). They did one blood test, decided I had a virus that they could not identify and that they could not help me, and then they sent me home. This is the bill from my insurance. For one. Single. Blood test. from ABoringDystopia

7. $7,154.40 for a COVID-19 diagnosis:

I’m a registered nurse that contracted covid. This is my bill for my visit to the emergency department. from ABoringDystopia

8. $46,902.55 for a gallbladder removal:

My mother’s hospital bill of when she went to the ER cause of her gallbladder and had to have emergency surgery. She was in the hospital for one day... from mildlyinfuriating

9. $5,016 for livesaving medication:

The Rx in question is Lyumjev, my short-acting insulin. from ABoringDystopia

10. $1,951 for acid reflux:

Went to the doctor for a persistent cough and sore throat, they told me I had acid reflux and sent me home. I was there for a total of 20 minutes... from ABoringDystopia

11. $2,679 for an ulcer:

My Christmas morning Ulcer. High school Teacher in America. That's one month's salary for me. from Wellthatsucks

12. $6,840 for a bat bite:

My husband got bit by a bat who found its way into our bedroom in the middle of the night. Here’s our bill for the rabies vaccination with insurance. from Wellthatsucks

13. $2,537 for being hit by a car:

After buying Christmas decorations for my house, I was biking home and was hit by a car (hit and run) causing me to black out from massive head trauma. This is how much I owe for my ambulance bill. from Wellthatsucks

14. $16,639 for two days of "observation":

My Father in Law's hospital bill after 2 1/2 days in the hospital for observation. from mildlyinfuriating

15. $229,033.76 for a car accident:

Welcome to the USA. Just the hospital bill from a car accident. Note charges denied. from mildlyinfuriating

16. $1,386 for wisdom teeth removal:

I bought dental insurance specifically so I could afford to get my wisdom teeth removed. Humana deducted less than what I pay them monthly from my medical bill. from mildlyinfuriating

17. $153,161 for a rattlesnake bite:

Dan Haggerty @HaggertyNews

Remember the Rattlesnake bite story I did Monday? Guy just sent me this pic of his bill. Uhhhhhhh.....

12:52 AM - 16 Jul 2015

Twitter: @HaggertyNews

18. $4,763 for a panic attack:

I thought I was having a heart attack, so I went to the Emergency Room. Turns out I was having a panic attack, and I learned that my medical insurance as a contractor does not cover the ER or hospital stays. from ABoringDystopia

19. $34,079 and a nice card for a hospital bill:

Got our hospital bill on the same day that a handwritten thank you card from my wife's nurses arrived. from mildlyinfuriating

20. $2,543 for a car accident:

Opened the mailbox expecting Christmas cards and instead got my ambulance bill from an auto accident in July. Merry Christmas 🤬🎁 from Wellthatsucks

21. $2,624,158 for a week in the hospital:

I was billed over $2m for a week in the hospital from mildlyinfuriating

22. $19,129 for a broken neck:

this is how much it cost to repair a broken neck from a motorcycle accident with no health insurance. I still haven't gotten the other bills for anesthesia or the E.R. stay. from Wellthatsucks

23. $3,383,860 for two months in the ICU:

Here’s how much it costs to be intubated in the ICU for 60 days in the US due to COVID-19. from HolUp

Obviously, some of these numbers are with insurance and some without. The point is to show how expensive continuing to stay alive can be for a person without insurance.