John Egbert

Review of Sky Ridge Medical Center

Went in after a slew of issues including deadness ...

Went in after a slew of issues including deadness in my arm, extreme blurred vision and vertigo. Over the course of the next 2 hours I was seen by a Dr for a total of about 10-20 minutes, given a CT scan, and then sent home after determining nothing was wrong with me (turns out I was having retina separation as well as had a pinched nerve). Quite frankly, I understand that these doctors aren't experts in everything, and actually furthermore, I'm not even frustrated with the service I received. Everyone was fairly nice, I was admitted quickly, the quality of care was overall solid without further examination by specialists (I would have frankly never gone to the ER...I've actually never been to a Dr in my life...but I went to Urgent Care prior and they were concerned I had a brain aneurysm that was going to rupture). What DOES make me fairly irate is that I received a bill for $2,725.36 for 15 minutes of the Dr's time, NOT including the CT scan costs. I never use my health insurance so this doesn't hit the minimum deductible, but this was such an eyeopener as to what a scam the healthcare system is today. I know friends that have had similar experiences at other ERs where the bill was 1/5 of that. Literally I paid that Dr $10,000 an hour to tell me there was nothing wrong with me. I get its a big shop with multiple support resources and utilities to pay for etc, but this is ludicrous. If you can go to another, "lesser" ER, do so. I don't think the expertise here is any more advanced without specialists, its not worth the insipid cost.