Man they should adjust for lower gas prices!!

May 19, 2020
10:52:35am

Ycrazy All-American

Honestly it is one of the many things broken in our system of healthcare. I had a friend lifeflighted and they told me it cost an absolute fortune to go 25 miles.

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$1,000 for a 3 mile ambulance transport that one hospital required

panguitch

5/19/20 10:51am

How can they require it? Just leave and go to the other hospital

Alister Mackenzie

5/19/20 10:52am

They would count it as "against medical advice" and then there are insurance problems.

chago04

5/19/20 10:53am

Man they should adjust for lower gas prices!!

Ycrazy

5/19/20 10:52am

That's how much I paid in 2012 and 2014. 1k each.

Conan

5/19/20 10:53am

If I ever need to get to the hospital I'm taking an Uber

CougarHut

5/19/20 10:53am

My infant was transported 6 miles for $3k. Luckily we had already maxed our out-

Salami Karate

5/19/20 11:00am

I saw a $1,000 ambulance bill for someone that was hit by a car on in the crosswalk on the back side of the hospital and

Cosmodiar

5/19/20 11:22am

This a common theme - people not knowing how much things really cost.

ClackamasCoug

5/19/20 11:32am

My 12 minute life flight from Heber to Provo was...

Fui Invested

5/19/20 11:41am

Glad you survived that. Sounds really scary.

ReyOso

5/19/20 11:50am

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