I Did The Math Just For Fun

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On October, 6,2016 I had a accident and dislocated my right shoulder. The paramedics came and I was taken to the ER. I thought it would be interesting to see how much all of this cost and what I paid. For the home health care it cost $1,712.00 for a woman to come out and bath me about once a week for 4-6 weeks, a physical therapist to come out once or twice a week to work with me for one half hour or so, a occupational therapist to come out once to tell me about some products I could get to help me get around if I wished, and a nurse to come out to the intake at the beginning and then later to give me my flu shot and a social worker who was very little help. Medicare paid 100% for this. The rest of the bills were for the ER, paramedics, ER doctor, x-rays, the orthapaedic surgeon, a sling the ER sent me home with that I never used much at all, and the MRI. The total is $8,565.40 of which I paid $546.02.