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Friday, November 14, 2008

Don't have a baby without insurance

He's discovered his cute face.


Oh my word!  I just got the bill for the delivery....$13, 207.46.  I'm not kidding.  Of course we have insurance so we'll pay only a fraction of that.  Unbelievable though isn't it!  I thought it would be 7 or 8 grand - thats what the internet said was the average price.  But prices must be going up.And this is for a perfectly normal delivery - not C section - and for a healthy baby with absolutely no special needs.  Anyways just a warning to Hilary and Arthur - don't have a baby without insurance.  

2 comments:

Hilary said...

CUTE CUTE CUTE PICTURE. How much are you going to have to pay though? Even if it covers 90%, that is still a lot of money!! How do people just have babies in bathroom stalls at prom then? I would do that, it's cheaper.

Alice H said...

What? Who had a baby in a bathroom? Well, I guess you can technically have a baby anywhere - like in the old days. Its a risk though. Cause you don't know how the baby is doing and if they don't get enough oxygen during the process they can get brain damage - like even a little will make them more stupid and you can't tell till they're older. Thats what really did it for me.

We're paying less than 700 - we think the insurance company worked out a deal with the hospital. That happens a lot (like the hospital charges the insurance less so that they'll be on the insurance's approved hospitals list - if they're not on that list they'll get fewer patients and lose money in the long run)