Emergency Room Visit Cost - Buyer Experiences and Price Information

ER visit that my insurance told me it was in network but they would not pay claim. Hospital not in my network. For an IV alone no medicine I was charged 3400.00. Each medication given or hydration was an additional 300.00 - 400.00. Charged 4 times. I was in the ER just over an hour.

Yelled at me for having over 213/115 blood pressure upon arriving in horrible pain, was passing out. Put me in a room by myself knowing this & kept closing the door as I asked them not to. Well confirmed kidney stones (one wouldn't pass) & IV helped alot. Sent me on my way. Very nasty staff.

Disgusted. What purpose does an ER have when all they do is diagnosis not treat. No cast, no doctor. I thought, foolishly that they might even actually review what I should do & even show me the X-ray so I knew where the break was, no script. No doctor seen until 5 days later so why go in. Business is continually gifted...it should be earned and not any of us who go in are maligning 14,000. for 2 hours time...I understand there is equipment, but even a house payment is less than their charges and you wonder why we have a health care crisis

My brother t-boned a deer on his motorcycle while on his way home via the highway. He was thrown off the bike and rolled down the highway and into the grass median until someone came to help. He was responsive and able to walk, with a lot of pain. The ambulance took him to the ER where they made sure he didn't have a concussion and bandaged up his knees and his left hand, the heel of his riding glove gave out in the fall. After 3 hours they sent him home.
He just got the bill in the mail for $29,000! How in the ever-loving heck?! After reading through everyone else's comments this is absolutely ridiculous! I could understand about $3-5000 total but nearly $10,000 an hour is insane!

Had never been to ER in my 73 yrs. In excellent health.2 AM woke with horrible pains in arm & shoulder. Drove to closest hospital. Took EKG determined not my heart. Waited for 2 hours. Took blood and several x rays. Finally taken out of waiting room , placed in chair, met with several nurses. Dr spoke to me-less than 5 minutes said I may have shingles, looked at my upper back by shoulder blades and said I had 2 spots. Left & nurse came back with a 2 pills- pain killer & anti inflammatory. Dr came back & advised results of tests confirmed Shingles and gave me several Rx.
I was there a total of 4 hrs. Mostly in waiting room. MD bill over $650 for at the most 1/2 hr speaking to me & review test !!!! What a rip off with $7500 bill from Hospital !!! Is it any wonder Medicare is going broke???

went with a UTI and peed in a cup. ended up getting a prescription for Bactrim. was told the projected costs would be $250. we do not have insurance so that is with 65% off.
We ended up getting 3 bills later. $110 for lab tests (thats with 50% off), $1,213 for physician (got 25% off without insurance so paid $910), and $3,080 for the ER (paid around $850 with 65% off and addition 20% off for paying right away). apparently to get a pregnancy test done costs around $800+ in the ER. so total costs without discounts are $4,513. i was pretty blown away. you could go to an emergency care clinic and get the same thing done for $85. it was a learning experience...

And people get mad when someone steal your purse or robs your house. These people are doing the same damn thing. It's robbery.
No insurance. Don't qualify for medicare. The only reason I took him to er instead of urgent care was because we thought it was broken and he was unable to walk and i couldn't carry him. I was expecting 900.00ish.

Having experienced many ER visits with my family during a Toxic-Mold Exposure,we firmly believe ER's might explore better systems to vent many of these cases that reach there door. Also Doctors need to be educated on Mold illness/ - stats say 65% of ER visits are not necessary, causing atop burden to the system and gouging the ones that do. Evaluations should happen in triage and diverting Patients to a different level Doctor. a posting of a Key on the web site helps Patients Determination a ER visits. how do we assist the Homeless and Mentally ill. or those at the Lowest income /whom use the ER's Chronically, due to instability in there environment, is a vital piece - A lead Care Contact to those individuals is needed. Two Representatives from the Hospital "GO to homes days after discharge, will save you big $ addressing individuals core issues are environmental and lack of consistency in there meds. you know what they say about a ounce of Prevention and Proactive practices. -

Cost $1100 with insurance. Heart rate a little low due to medication known to cause low rate. A PCP bullied me into going to no purpose. WITH INSURANCE, IN NETWORK.

Quite a bill in comparison to others. I had no Insurance at the time, but I did have a job. Unable to qualify for any help.
This hospital was kind enough to reduce the bill some and set up a payment plan for me.
I was grateful to them, and no heart attack thank goodness.

I got off work, on the drive home felt itchy and swollen (face/tongue).. decided to go to the ER, well, I am sorry I did. after a shot and a benedryl , and a 3 hour wait in a cold room, I drove home. a month later I get a bill for $2092. pay it, 5 months later get another bill for $3800.. plus meds I bought "just in case" I have insurance, but I am responsible for $2900 of it...seems outrageous.

Admitted on the ER, stayed on the corridor for 5:30hr to do an ultrasound that took 15min, and left the ER without a diagnostic. Billed $1100.

An ambulance brought me to the hospital after the bus driver lost control of the bus (70 mph or so). I spent about four hours at the hospital. Most of the time I was in an unused room lying in a backboard for my neck. The bill was $10,800. The hospital waited nearly two years to file the charges so my insurance company denied them. The collection agency sent one note to me without checking if the hospital had submitted the charges. When I won a very small sum from the driver's insurance company, the collection agency sent another request for $10,800 to my lawyer. The collection agency did not appear to have checked the status of the claim. My attorney does not seem to know how long a healthcare institution can submit claims for reimbursement. He thought I could get a reduction (really).

All they did was give him a shot and prescribe antibiotics. The date is Nov. 2016

$1310.43 billed to insurance, which paid $615.58. The rest was sent in a bill to me.

First off, i agree cost is outrageous...2nd, this has nothing to do with the practitioner...the hospitals have to boost the cost of everything because of our greedy insurance companies and government...please search for an article in the minneapolis star tribune from july i believe...top paid CEOs in the state...Independent Health top paid executive was paid in excess of 25K/year...yes per year...value was higher i believe...perhaps this executive could pass along some of this yearly salary to the people he/she is gauging to pay for horrible insurance...blame your government for allowing the treatment patients to turn into big business...im very embarrassed of this country presently...NO ONE needs or requires or deserves a salary that absurd...

Spen 5 hrs in ER. 10 min was with DR. The rest of the time was waiting on test results.

My son had a swollen eyelid,I took him to an urgent care clinic rather than taking him to the ER. The PA looked at him and said it's a big bite, should go down in a few days. Then charged me 360$ for literally a 10 minute visit. That didn't even require gloves,because she never touched my son.

Spent exactly 17.5 minutes at ER Doctor spent 3-4 minutes, looked in ear, said a membrane burst, prescribed amoxycillan, sent home. Er charged $512, doctor charged $265, plus a $50 after hours charge, it was 10PM on a Saturday night

I was having trouble quitting drinking and was looking for help. I went to the ER with some family members. Spent less than an hour there after being called before being discharged. Received one IV bag of fluids, one dose of Ativan, and two blood tests. Spent less than one minute speaking with the doctor. He said I should go to rehab, but I couldn't do that tonight and he wouldn't give me anything to help with seizures that I've had on previous attempts to quit. Received a bill for $10,200. Our family has no medical insurance.

After a motorcycle accident, going over the handle bars and the bike landing on me I went to the ER, (drove by my husband so this amount does not include an ambullance). Blood work, 2 Tylenol, an IV with a dose of Morphine.

560.00 to take my blood pressure, temperature, and pulse, 710.00 for a few minutes with a doctor, Two pills for 30.00. No lab tests, no x-rays and I told the doctor my diagnosis going in and I was right. He didn't do much.

Took my 10 month old son to ER for 101 temp. Sat outside for an hour, sat in A dinky room for 45 minutes, nurse can in ask me some questions, took me to another room to wait for the doc. Doc came in 30 minutes later, gave my so. Some IB (which he later had an allergic reaction too) and we left. $450 charged for sitting room space I guess and $772 charged by the doc for $12 IBuprofen. It's not based on time, it's based on tests. WHat test??? Running a temp? Thoughts of suing for fraud. Moms shouldn't be punished for worrying about their child.... We worry enough!

Only 2nd time ever in ER in 75 yrs but I was very sick! Cramps, diarrhea, vomiting, headache, shaking, related to heat which lasted for 4 hours from 11 pm to 3 am. Was treated well, and had multiple blood tests and several different meds by IV before it was under control. Luckily I have a good Medicare advantage policy by United Healthcare and my portion was only $84

She's just a toddler who swallowed a small piece of plastic toy that she had in her mouth. I didn't think anything of it, but she was crying, so my wife wanted to go to the hospital. Stupid us didn't know about urgent care, so we went to the hospital at 8pm and they sent us to the ER. I told them I didn't think it was a big deal, but they pushed us to see a doctor and get an X-Ray. I'm so pissed. Those stupid nurses could have just told us it was no big deal. But they kept saying they need to diagnose. That's this stupid country. Any other country would have just told us to go home and come back the next day if the child has a problem.

Went to ER with severe pain (knowing it was possibly kidney stone). Soon as I get there, no waiting taken to room. Give nurse my symptoms & about that time doc walks in and says sounds like it's a kidney stone. They take blood, set me up with an IV and give me pain med. Shortly after off to CT scan and when I get back ask for urine sample. Just got a bill today (almost 5 months later) on how much is due............now, the care was great, but it wasn't worth $15,106. The bill also reflects a $13,444.67 uninsured discount. The charges are ridiculous!

Lorazepam 2mg ,hydrocodon tab
500 ml I've lnfusion
Admitted in ED for 4 hrs and discharged to lakeside behavioral health
Excluding ER Doctor bill which is 1800.00

My 4 year old had an asthma attack and his pulse/oxygen rate was 90. They had to put him on a breathing treatment/albuterol for a couple of hours plus give him liquid steroids. We were at the ER for a few hours. We DO have insurance but we're on a high deductible plan. Out of $4,471 our insurance is covering $2,181, so we are left to pay $2,290 WITH insurance! Also, we haven't even received the bill from the doctor so that will be an additional cost! This seems outrageous to me. Has anyone experienced such high charges with insurance?

I faced a same problem with an ER service in Tampa,FL,the facility/ER room was in network however the doctor was out of network,so the insurance didn't pay me and was billed $2000,this is a pain as there are lot of nitty gritty attached with this.
I tried with one company PatientSaver.com and they negotiated on my behalf with the hospital and insurance company and they discounted the entire $2000

Medical Equip/Supply: 34.48; 14.93; 2.00
Diagnostic Lab Test: 28.00; 389.00; 234.00; 226.00; 148.00; 126.00; 178.00.
X-ray Technical Chrg: 527.00
Medical Care: 2,711.00
Diagnostic Test: 341.00
Nurse Practitioner: 114.73
Time Spent: appx. 2 hrs.