Kaleb DeSmet

Review of Exempla St. Josephs

I drove myself to the ER because my security earpi...

I drove myself to the ER because my security earpiece got stuck in my ear at work. I had literally two minutes of face time with the doctor where he looked in my ear, saw the earpiece and removed it with tweezers.

After insurance was factored in, I payed $200 out of pocket at the time of the visit then received a $2,000 bill in the mail a month later. This is highway robbery. This cost more than my wife's 7 hour delivery and 2 night stay at a hospital in Fort Collins. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?

I just started the process to contest the absurd, and almost comical over priced service. Hopefully I can get this reduced to a somewhat ethical and reasonable amount of money for services rendered.

A genuine question for the billing department; at what point when you are calculating hospital costs can it seem ethical or even reasonable to charge $2,200 for a 2 minute visit to the ER with no ambulance ride, medications rendered, or surgical procedures performed?

AVOID AT ALL COSTS! IT MAY COST YOU YOUR FIRST BORN CHILD FOR AN ACTUAL PROCEDURE!