Lemuel Shattuck

Review of Western Missouri Medical Cente...

A sublime confluence of outrageous expense and mar...

A sublime confluence of outrageous expense and marginal competence. Do yourself a favor and pass on them if you have a choice.

Edit 12/07/16.
The above review was posted a few weeks ago to express my mild irritation with what I considered to be an exorbitant charge in the face of intransigence from WMMC. I would like to apologize for the above review, it was too charitable by several orders of magnitude.

Today we got a bill for two relatively minor outpatient procedures for my bride last summer. The bill for the room for the first procedure, that lasted around an hour was...drum roll...$7,720. The bill for the room for the second procedure, again lasting about an hour, was, you guessed it, $7,720. That is $15,440 for the room for two outpatient procedures. Words literally fail me in this case. Perfidy? Avarice? Alas, they will not serve. They are weak broth in the face of the monumental unconscionability of this institution. WMMC can justly pride itself on being the archetype, symbol and avatar of a terminally dysfunctional medical system. If I ever wind up there again I fully expect them to meet me in the emergency room with a black mask and pistol uttering the words "Stand and deliver!" Total charges of $18,597 do not include the services of the doctor whom we like.

I am at this point prepared to have my last words in life be: "Get me to St. Lukes."