4 stitches in my hand cost $452

[Number1]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
For future reference if it is a very clean cut made by a knife or glass, and not a tear, you can easily fix it yourself. Simply wash the cut with water and then hydrogen peroxide, dry off, and tape shut. You can use regular medical tape or get those special reinforced strips, it just depends on where you cut yourself. A clean cut should at least seal itself in a day or two and then you just have to be careful while it fully heals if you want to remove the tape....or leave it in place.

I cut all eight of my finger tips almost to the bone on a sharp piece of sheet metal once, it was like I had little flaps of finger hanging down. I cleaned them, taped them, and in a couple days was able to remove the tape. This was about 13 years ago....I have no scars and it cost me nada since I already had the tape.

Citizens of the richest nation in the world have to do that!!!

 

[OUCaptain]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Seems fairly reasonable, given the costs for materials, labor, and overhead.

No, that's not a reasonable cost at all.

Why does that sound so unreasonable to you? Sure, he could have saved a few bucks by going to the clinic on the south side but I'm guessing he went somewhere respectable.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Number1

Originally posted by: Ronstang
For future reference if it is a very clean cut made by a knife or glass, and not a tear, you can easily fix it yourself. Simply wash the cut with water and then hydrogen peroxide, dry off, and tape shut. You can use regular medical tape or get those special reinforced strips, it just depends on where you cut yourself. A clean cut should at least seal itself in a day or two and then you just have to be careful while it fully heals if you want to remove the tape....or leave it in place.

I cut all eight of my finger tips almost to the bone on a sharp piece of sheet metal once, it was like I had little flaps of finger hanging down. I cleaned them, taped them, and in a couple days was able to remove the tape. This was about 13 years ago....I have no scars and it cost me nada since I already had the tape.

Citizens of the richest nation in the world have to do that!!!

I don't have to but I have been doing it this way for over 30 years. Why should I get stitches and the resulting scars if I know how to actually fix it myself....for CHEAP?

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: Bignate603

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Seems fairly reasonable, given the costs for materials, labor, and overhead.

No, that's not a reasonable cost at all.

What are you talking about? The cost of the labor isn't exactly cheap, you don't want just anybody stitching you up. Not to mention the cost of good medical supplies.

$450 to avoid longterm pain, problems with healing, or massive infection is pretty reasonable.

So $450 for a syringe, its contents, some string, and ~15 mins of labor is reasonable?

Thats only $1800 an hour.

Include the overhead cost and it won't seem so high.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Number1

Originally posted by: Ronstang
For future reference if it is a very clean cut made by a knife or glass, and not a tear, you can easily fix it yourself. Simply wash the cut with water and then hydrogen peroxide, dry off, and tape shut. You can use regular medical tape or get those special reinforced strips, it just depends on where you cut yourself. A clean cut should at least seal itself in a day or two and then you just have to be careful while it fully heals if you want to remove the tape....or leave it in place.

I cut all eight of my finger tips almost to the bone on a sharp piece of sheet metal once, it was like I had little flaps of finger hanging down. I cleaned them, taped them, and in a couple days was able to remove the tape. This was about 13 years ago....I have no scars and it cost me nada since I already had the tape.

Citizens of the richest nation in the world have to do that!!!

Citizens in the most liberated self sustaining nation in the world don't have a problem taking care of themselves and are not slaves to others.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: Number1

Originally posted by: Ronstang
For future reference if it is a very clean cut made by a knife or glass, and not a tear, you can easily fix it yourself. Simply wash the cut with water and then hydrogen peroxide, dry off, and tape shut. You can use regular medical tape or get those special reinforced strips, it just depends on where you cut yourself. A clean cut should at least seal itself in a day or two and then you just have to be careful while it fully heals if you want to remove the tape....or leave it in place.

I cut all eight of my finger tips almost to the bone on a sharp piece of sheet metal once, it was like I had little flaps of finger hanging down. I cleaned them, taped them, and in a couple days was able to remove the tape. This was about 13 years ago....I have no scars and it cost me nada since I already had the tape.

Citizens of the richest nation in the world have to do that!!!

You mean take care of ourselves? I'd hope so. Everyone's so fricken afraid of getting hurt nowadays it's kinda pathetic. Why? Because they don't know how to take care of themselves if they do get hurt. Then they bitch about the $$. Personally I think knowing how to set a bone and seal a laceration should be a requirement to graduate high school. This is a 21 year old talking.

 

[Mike Gayner]

/relaxes not having to worry about insurance and healthcare costs.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner
/relaxes not having to worry about insurance and healthcare costs.

How's it feel to be a slave and not control your own destiny.

What say you slave? Don't worry, I'll take care of you. Now get back to work.

 

[Iron Woode]

that would be free for me here in Ontario.

hell, I would have just bought some steri-strips and left it at that. It would heal up nicely after a few days.

 

[waggy]

that sounds like a good price to me.

 

[nonameo]

Originally posted by: spidey07
And you somehow think that is expensive? And why the fuck don't you have insurance? You choose to not have insurance, so pay for your care. You CHOOSE not have insurance, so deal with the consequences of your CHOICE.

How about this? I'll stitch you up for 200 bucks.

I don't think the deductible on whatever plan he might have would cover that cost. Usually there is some kind of deductible... 500$ seems like a normal number for a fairly comprehensive plan.

edit: but 450 does seem low for the good ol' US of A.

 

[ViviTheMage]

That is cheap, it cost about 550$ or so, just to SEE the doctor when my GF got some pains in her back. They didn't give her anything, just said to sleep it off. ugh, and we had to wait 5+ hours!

 

[arkcom]

About 12 years ago I got about 35 stitches in my finger for like $700.

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner
/relaxes not having to worry about insurance and healthcare costs.

How's it feel to be a slave and not control your own destiny.

What say you slave? Don't worry, I'll take care of you. Now get back to work.

Sure beats slaving away to make sure Lockheed and Colt get paid. Now get back to work.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
You just paid for 2 deadbeats to have their hands stitched up.

I mean really, it was maybe $30 in materials, and $100 for the staff's time, ~25% for admin costs... The rest is profit to pay for the non-paying ER patients.

I think you don't understand the economics of an urgent care center.
Oh, and btw, urgent care centers are usually not hospitals, so they have no obligation to treat indigent people.

 

[mazeroth]

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Should have done it yourself or hired a homeless person to do it for a waffle house all-star breakfast.

If you could keep this up for 300 pages I'd buy your book

I'll 2nd that!

 

[Mike Gayner]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner
/relaxes not having to worry about insurance and healthcare costs.

How's it feel to be a slave and not control your own destiny.

What say you slave? Don't worry, I'll take care of you. Now get back to work.

In what sense am I a slave? In that I work hard all week to pay exorbitant costs to medical corporations whenever I get injured? Oh wait, that would be you, where your healthcare costs more than twice as much as ours for the same level of cover.

 

[KLin]

It would have cost me that much minus a discount due to my deductible. Thank the maker for HSA's.

 

[umbrella39]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner
/relaxes not having to worry about insurance and healthcare costs.

How's it feel to be a slave and not control your own destiny.

What say you slave? Don't worry, I'll take care of you. Now get back to work.

How does it feel to have health insurance yet still suffer from mental retardation?

 

[Zstream]

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner
/relaxes not having to worry about insurance and healthcare costs.

Lol you're a fool... I guess this is what the world has become. Mindless drones, who can't think for themselves.

 

[Phokus]

In Japan this would have cost you about $6

Of course they have a sane healthcare system where government sets rates and not the fucking retarded healthcare system that idiots like spidey07 loves

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner
/relaxes not having to worry about insurance and healthcare costs.

How's it feel to be a slave and not control your own destiny.

What say you slave? Don't worry, I'll take care of you. Now get back to work.

In what sense am I a slave? In that I work hard all week to pay exorbitant costs to medical corporations whenever I get injured? Oh wait, that would be you, where your healthcare costs more than twice as much as ours for the same level of cover.

Since you live in a socialist country you as a population have been dumbed down for so long when it comes to personal liberty and choice you couldn't possibly understand. Your government has won. You are also ignorant if you think the costs don't affect you....they are just indirect and if health care costs rise you either pay more taxes or receive less or inferior care. I guess you just like paying taxes or you are one of those at the bottom of the rung so to you it is all gain since you don't pay for much but consume all you like.

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner
/relaxes not having to worry about insurance and healthcare costs.

How's it feel to be a slave and not control your own destiny.

What say you slave? Don't worry, I'll take care of you. Now get back to work.

In what sense am I a slave? In that I work hard all week to pay exorbitant costs to medical corporations whenever I get injured? Oh wait, that would be you, where your healthcare costs more than twice as much as ours for the same level of cover.

Since you live in a socialist country you as a population have been dumbed down for so long when it comes to personal liberty and choice you couldn't possibly understand. Your government has won. You are also ignorant if you think the costs don't affect you....they are just indirect and if health care costs rise you either pay more taxes or receive less or inferior care. I guess you just like paying taxes or you are one of those at the bottom of the rung so to you it is all gain since you don't pay for much but consume all you like.

Oh no, 'socialist' countries spend half as much on healthcare as we do and THEY'RE the suckers, jesus christ you're retarded

 

[Adrenaline]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Should have done it yourself or hired a homeless person to do it for a waffle house all-star breakfast.

I laughed out loud on this. Thanks.

Does not seem to bad of a price unfortunately.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner
/relaxes not having to worry about insurance and healthcare costs.

How's it feel to be a slave and not control your own destiny.

What say you slave? Don't worry, I'll take care of you. Now get back to work.

In what sense am I a slave? In that I work hard all week to pay exorbitant costs to medical corporations whenever I get injured? Oh wait, that would be you, where your healthcare costs more than twice as much as ours for the same level of cover.

Since you live in a socialist country you as a population have been dumbed down for so long when it comes to personal liberty and choice you couldn't possibly understand. Your government has won. You are also ignorant if you think the costs don't affect you....they are just indirect and if health care costs rise you either pay more taxes or receive less or inferior care. I guess you just like paying taxes or you are one of those at the bottom of the rung so to you it is all gain since you don't pay for much but consume all you like.

Oh no, 'socialist' countries spend half as much on healthcare as we do and THEY'RE the suckers, jesus christ you're retarded

Yes they are the suckers. They have no freedom, no choice, no liberty. They have their bread, they have their cheese. But their need for society is predetermined and the barriers to their success are nothing short of apartheid.