Kidney Stone Emergency Room Cost

My out of pocket costs were insignificant because my copays have always been very small.

Kidney stone emergency room cost.

No that doesn t sound high at all. Using medications to help the stone pass. Your treatment options are dependent on the size and location of the kidney stone. The second time i went to the emergency room with a kidney stone it still cost me about 650 but that was a lot less than the 2 000 i paid the first time even with.

Last year i shared my story about kidney stones. I wasn t suffering with a stone at the time and so i may have been a little arrogant in my comments. My estimate for all of the items listed is around 15 000 and probably more. In most instances kidney stones are flushed out of the body in the urine without any problems.

When this is the case there are three main ways to treat your kidney stones. For patients in the emergency room the answer all too often is a mystery. From 128 to 39 408 for kidney stone treatment. Ct scans start around 3 000 00 dollars and if they use contrast they charge for a second one plus the charge for the dye they use.

Kidney stones or renal lithiasis is common condition that affects both men and women. A good rule of thumb is that if your kidney stone is larger than 5. It s a basic reasonable question. I am currently emerging from a serious bout with a 1 5cm kidney stone very unlike my previous tiny 4mm stone 6 years ago.

Underlying the costs for kidney stone treatment is how common stone disease is with about 1 in 10 americans experiencing a stone during their lifetime. A kidney stone is a small hard crystallized piece of material that forms in the kidney. Surgery to treat or remove the stone. The first time i went to the emergency room without insurance and paid just under 1 800 out of pocket plus about 50 or so for prescription medications.

And from 50 to 73 002 for urinary tract infections. How much will this cost me. From 29 to 29 551 for intestinal infections. Allowing the stone to pass on its own.

The point of my story is that the outcome my tiny kidney stone would have been the same if i had paid 0 instead of generating all of these costs. The er workers took an x ray saw two kidney stones decided to take a ct scan just to be sure and found the same two kidney stones. Here is one from a student who knew before going to the emergency room that he was passing a kidney stone. Then there is the cost of the iv and pain medication and they probably did blood tests too.

My friend went to the er for a kidney stone and it cost around. Andrew sullivan is running a series of reader submitted reports on run ins with the health care system entitled the view from your sickbed. I wanted to write an addendum for the costs of care blog.