Oh snap! The hospital bill came!!

 I think someone in the main RNY forum had a similar experience.  Anyway, my mom got the hospital bill in the mail and showed it to me.  $40k dollars!  Holy moley!  My cut after insurance?  About $140.    But that big number really caught me off guard.  I thought the surgery was $13k - $15k and then the hospital stay (I was only there overnight) would only be a couple of thousand.  Maybe that was a little naive, but I'd never been in a hospital before so I didn't really know what to expect.

So, I'm grateful that I won't have to work a street corner to pay that bill off.  Hopefully the anesthesiologists' bill will be manageable too.

Oh lordy! Thats ALOT. You made out like a bandit! lol :) 

Yeah mine was over 50k. I paid about $500 because I elected to pay cash for some things to speed up the process. VERY well worth it! 

I have yet to receive my bill from surgery.  I am a bit nervous about it though.  I have insurance but its not great.  I hope that dont get a bill for thousands of dollars.  If i do it was well worth it and it maybe a bill that I make payments on for a very long time.  fingers crossed lol