CONTEXT: I recently underwent a a small inguinal hernia repair. Now that I am receiving the bills for the operation, I am seeing that the cost of the surgery has totaled up to a little over $81,000. There are about 12 different “Outpatient Services” charges totaling up to about $50,000. Some of these individual “outpatient services” charges reach up to $16,000 individually.
MY QUESTIONS ARE: Why are there so many of these charges and what the hell could they possibly be from? And why are some of these individual “outpatient services” charges reaching $16,000 alone?
P.s. I looked into the average total cost (before insurance coverage) of this operation in every state and the HIGHEST figure I’ve come across was $28,000. The average is about $7000. As far as I know my operation was a pretty standard outpatient procedure with no complications so why did it cost more than 10x the average cost figures I gathered?
Note: I am only paying a few thousand dollars out of pocket. This is more of a question on where these high medical costs come from.
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