So we've been steadily receiving the itemized bills from the hospital. It's not actually "our" bills, but the bills they will be sending to the insurance company.
My hospital charge: $10,600
My doctor's charge for surgery: $6,500
9 day NICU charge for Frances: $14,600
9 day NICU charge for Grace: $14,700
TV/phone: $40 <-- just added this because it's amusing compared to the others
I'm sure there will be more charges from the anesthesiologist, maybe the neonatologists... who knows who/what else.
So while we don't have to pay that all out of pocket - I still thought the figures were pretty amazing - in the wholly crap, glad we have some insurance-sense!
My charges are covered under my insurance. The girls are under Richard's insurance. The unfortunate part is that because Richard has a family deductible for his insurance - we'll have to pay a pretty penny for the NICU. I think his deductible is $7,000? We're pretty sure we'll be charged the full deductible. Even with the insurance company's contracted rate for services, we doubt the cost of the NICU charges will come down below the deductible. Oh well. Whew! Good thing we've been saving every cent in anticipation that something like this might happen. It definitely helped to find out we were having twins early on in the pregnancy. It helps to plan ahead!
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Oh health care. Glad you guys could plan for this too!
So what did Grace get that Frances didn't that cost $100? Somebody use more than her share of diapers? :)
Hi Annie!
Richard has been telling us how well the girls are doing. I'm hoping for rave reviews from their doctor at the end of the month so that maybe Grace and Frances will be able to play more with all of their fans come September :-)
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