American Health Care

Brooke and I just got our bill from the Virginia Hospital Center for our three-day stay. It came in at just under $40,000 and our insurance covered all of it. We'll still get a separate bill from Dr. Buchanan, his PA, Josie, and the anesthesiologist.

But I decided to quickly run through how much our insurance company has been billed since my accident. Here's the run down:

• $2,429 - Breckenridge Emergency Clinic
• $1,691 - Ambulance to St. Anthony's Summit Medical Center
• $651 - Emergency Department at St. Anthony's Summit Medical Center
• $73,512 - First Hospital Stay at St. Anthony's Summit Medical Center
• $3,345 - Surgery by Dr. Peter Janes
• $669 - Dr. Peter Janes' Physician Assistant
• $2,000 - Anesthesia at St. Anthony's Summit Medical Center
• $31,348.50 - Second Hospital Stay at Virginia Hospital Center
• $1,650 - Anesthesia at Virginia Hospital Center
• $5,100 - Surgery by Dr. Matthew Buchanan
• $38,272.60 - Third Hospital Stay at Virginia Hospital Center
• $1,829 - Radiology Imaging and Reports
• $200 - Wheelchair Rentals
• $4,000 - Bone Stimulator
• $5,000 - Wound Vacuum
• $4,000 - Apligraf
• $1,594 - Lab Work
  
• $4,600 - Dr. Evetta Borden, Podiatrist
• $2,135 - Physical Therapy at Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic
• $264.41- Dr. Didace Kabatsi, Family Physician
• $2,694 - Dr. Matthew Buchanan, Office Visits

Grand total: $187,000! I still have several office visits to go and a fourth surgery. This also doesn't count all of the costs we've incurred for home supplies, medications, and taxis.

Oh. And the giant hole I ripped in our comforter with my satellite dish the other night. I did that, too.

Oops.