The second time i went to the emergency room with a kidney stone it still cost me about 650 but that was a lot less than the 2 000 i paid the first time even with.
Kidney stone emergency room cost.
Underlying the costs for kidney stone treatment is how common stone disease is with about 1 in 10 americans experiencing a stone during their lifetime.
A kidney stone is a small hard crystallized piece of material that forms in the kidney.
Here is one from a student who knew before going to the emergency room that he was passing a kidney stone.
The first time i went to the emergency room without insurance and paid just under 1 800 out of pocket plus about 50 or so for prescription medications.
I wasn t suffering with a stone at the time and so i may have been a little arrogant in my comments.
For patients covered by health insurance out of pocket cost for an emergency room visit typically consists of a copay usually 50 150 or more which often is waived if the patient is admitted to the hospital depending on the plan costs might include coinsurance of 10 to 50.
A good rule of thumb is that if your kidney stone is larger than 5.
Then there is the cost of the iv and pain medication and they probably did blood tests too.
Kidney stones or renal lithiasis is common condition that affects both men and women.
In most instances kidney stones are flushed out of the body in the urine without any problems.
My out of pocket costs were insignificant because my copays have always been very small.
The point of my story is that the outcome my tiny kidney stone would have been the same if i had paid 0 instead of generating all of these costs.
It s a basic reasonable question.
The er workers took an x ray saw two kidney stones decided to take a ct scan just to be sure and found the same two kidney stones.
No that doesn t sound high at all.
For patients in the emergency room the answer all too often is a mystery.
Allowing the stone to pass on its own.
Surgery to treat or remove the stone.
Ct scans start around 3 000 00 dollars and if they use contrast they charge for a second one plus the charge for the dye they use.
Last year i shared my story about kidney stones.
From 29 to 29 551 for intestinal infections.
Your treatment options are dependent on the size and location of the kidney stone.
Using medications to help the stone pass.
My friend went to the er for a kidney stone and it cost around.
How much will this cost me.
Andrew sullivan is running a series of reader submitted reports on run ins with the health care system entitled the view from your sickbed.
When this is the case there are three main ways to treat your kidney stones.
From 128 to 39 408 for kidney stone treatment.
I am currently emerging from a serious bout with a 1 5cm kidney stone very unlike my previous tiny 4mm stone 6 years ago.
I wanted to write an addendum for the costs of care blog.
My estimate for all of the items listed is around 15 000 and probably more.
