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abbsofsteel
· 9 years ago
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this is an outrage
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deleted
· 9 years ago
They're also charging for someone to place the iv and monitor you.
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underyourbed
· 9 years ago
So like $798 for that ?
deleted
· 9 years ago
They're also paying more than $1 for it to begin with and then there's the costs of shipping and storage too, along with the cost of paying someone to order it for them and other administrative costs. The point is, it isn't that simple. (And as a side note, I do think hospital stuff is overpriced as well.)
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pripyatplatypus
· 9 years ago
Yeah, but there's no way all that adds to an 800% mark up (if what the picture is saying is true).
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chu
· 9 years ago
ahh...800,000 percent.
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birdjesus69
· 9 years ago
80,000 percent mark up.
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chu
· 9 years ago
One percent is one cent. $800 is 800,000 cents. Therefore 800,000%.
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deviledapple
· 9 years ago
you get charged separately for the people and hospital care, the prices for products are their own things and insane. i saw a couple of my hospital bills in the dark years before insurance and they were bananas.
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deleted
· 9 years ago
When my daughter was born, she was in the NICU for 101 days and the itemized list for their cost was more than half a million dollars. Fortunately, insurance covered all but a $30 copay to have her eyes checked.
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birdjesus69
· 9 years ago
Tylerchu, it costs a dollar to make but they charge eight hundred dollars for it. This means that they charge 800 times the actual price. Therefore it's an 80,000 percent markup. Also, you do know that $1.00= 100¢ not 1000¢ right? Maybe you forgot how to multiply?
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chu
· 9 years ago
fuckin hell you're right.
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chu
· 9 years ago
I'm stupid
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birdjesus69
· 9 years ago
Sorry, about how rude the last part sounded.
chu
· 9 years ago
No I actually forgot how to multiply (or rather count zeros).
deviledapple
· 9 years ago
its easy to get turned around when changing dollars into cents and wholes into percents... esp when something is churning in your brain, like the impossibility of this system of medical emergency = bankruptcy.
calmthelovelytits
· 9 years ago
We know, we're a fucked up country.
benelenium
· 9 years ago
St. John SA charge nothing. And we don't accept tips.
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