Sticker Shock Jolts Oklahoma Patient: $15,076 For Four Tiny Screws
A woman with foot pain was floored by the high cost of titanium screws used in her surgery. 鈥淯nless the metal [was] mined on an asteroid, I do not know why it should cost that amount,鈥 she says.
A Tale Of Two CT Scanners 鈥 One Richer, One Poorer
Why is the price of a CT scan 33 times higher in an hospital emergency room than in an outpatient imaging center just down the street?
Bill Of The Month: For Toenail Fungus, A $1,500 Prescription
How a prescription wiped out one woman鈥檚 health reimbursement account, raising questions about prescription drug price tags and about how health care professionals deal (or don鈥檛) with medical costs.
Estudiante universitaria recibe una cuenta de $17,850 por una prueba de orina
Esta historia forma parte de una serie en la que KHN investigar谩 cuentas m茅dicas sorprendentes enviadas por los usuarios.
Listen: Got A Sky-High Bill? Don’t Write The Check.
Have you gotten a medical bill that sounds way too expensive or is just downright confusing? Send it to us. KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal talks with NPR Morning Edition Host Steve Inskeep about the launch of 鈥淏ill Of The Month,鈥 KHN and NPR’s new crowdsourced investigation.
Bill Of The Month: A College Student’s $17,850 Drug Test
Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with NPR, kicks off a series that will examine and decode your perplexing medical bills.
Pain Hits After Surgery When A Doctor’s Daughter Is Stunned By $17,850 Urine Test
Elizabeth Moreno got hit with a $17,850 bill from a Texas lab after leaving a urine sample at her doctor鈥檚 office.
