6 hour stay in hospital for acute anxiety attack, what is my cost without insura!
Question: 6 hour stay in hospital for acute anxiety attack, what is my cost without insurance!?
Saturday night, I was having an acute anxiety attack to the point of heart palpetations and dizziness and turned myself into St!. Anthonys hospital cause I couldn't calm down!. I have temporary health coverage with Assurant health; monthly premium is $84!. I read my policy and it probably wont cover my incident from the other night!. So I'll have to pay out of pocket!. Here's how the treatment went:
It's was about midnight when I walked into the ER!. They checked my vital signs and then admitted me to a room where they prescribed a dose of Xanax; which really helped! Of course, three nurses and the doctor were asking a billion health questions as usual which got on my nerves!. Then they wanted to take me over to a counselor for a psychiatric evaluation!. I was waiting about 3 hours in the ER room cause staff was busy and falling behind!. It was about 4:00 in the morning when I was finally taken over to the counselor; she evaluated me and called the psychiatrist and said that I was good enough to go home--thank god I didn't have to be admitted to the psych ward, I'd be in debt forever! I was finally discharged and able to go home around 5:45 am!. So my total time for staying was about 6 hours tops; I'm not even sure if it counts as overnight!. About how much of a debt would I incur from this incident!? I called the billing number at the hospital and they couldn't give me an answer cause it takes about two weeks for a bill to be made up!. I just wanna know an estimate right now so I can set up a payment plan and start paying early!. I'm hoping to God in my situation that I won't owe as much as $10,000! I'm in big trouble!. I was nervous to call my insurance company cause I'm scared they'll drop me to being high risk!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It's was about midnight when I walked into the ER!. They checked my vital signs and then admitted me to a room where they prescribed a dose of Xanax; which really helped! Of course, three nurses and the doctor were asking a billion health questions as usual which got on my nerves!. Then they wanted to take me over to a counselor for a psychiatric evaluation!. I was waiting about 3 hours in the ER room cause staff was busy and falling behind!. It was about 4:00 in the morning when I was finally taken over to the counselor; she evaluated me and called the psychiatrist and said that I was good enough to go home--thank god I didn't have to be admitted to the psych ward, I'd be in debt forever! I was finally discharged and able to go home around 5:45 am!. So my total time for staying was about 6 hours tops; I'm not even sure if it counts as overnight!. About how much of a debt would I incur from this incident!? I called the billing number at the hospital and they couldn't give me an answer cause it takes about two weeks for a bill to be made up!. I just wanna know an estimate right now so I can set up a payment plan and start paying early!. I'm hoping to God in my situation that I won't owe as much as $10,000! I'm in big trouble!. I was nervous to call my insurance company cause I'm scared they'll drop me to being high risk!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Realistically, expect a bill of up to $2000!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
You didn't get much for treatment, I would guess about 700!.00Www@Answer-Health@Com