r/HospitalBills • u/sierraamist • Jun 13 '25

Hospital-Emergency $2800 for a dog bite

Unfortunately my new puppy bit me right on the lip, it wouldn’t stop bleeding for almost an hour. My sister (a nurse) suggested I go to the hospital instead of urgent care. I called urgent care first, and they said due to the bite being on my lip I would have to go to the hospital and have plastics do the stitches. Went to the hospital, they literally cleaned it up and put a dab of glue on it and sent me on my way. Few weeks later I received a bill for $361 (insurance covered half) which was the bill for the physician. Today, I received a bill for $2475.00. $2330.14 for the emergency department visit, and $751.41 for a “simple procedure”. I called and asked for them to describe the simple procedure and they said it was the glue they used on my lip. All I have to say is wow. Granted my work provides crap insurance. Had I known it wasn’t so severe I would’ve just gone to urgent care. Lesson learned. To top it off, I just got laid off, so this will be a fun bill to pay. Thank you for listening to my rant!

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u/EfficientBadger6525 Jun 13 '25

Call the hospital billing department and ask for a charity care application. We are middle class with two decent jobs but in HCOL area and got 90% reduced from our $18k bill.

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u/sierraamist Jun 13 '25

Thank you!! This is very helpful

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u/Mysterious-Art8838 Jun 13 '25

You can contact Dollarfor if you need help with it.