We had to make a trip to the ER on a Sunday evening, and all of the staff, nurses, and physicians assistants were amazing. Polite, responsive, and they knew exactly what to do. I am very glad our community has a hospital like St. Mary's to turn to.
If you come in for complications or anything related to a chronic condition/pain they will tell you they don't deal with that, no matter how bad your pain is. They're good with acute problems, though. I've had a few ruptured ovarian cysts and each time the nurses were sweet and I was dealt with quickly. But it really depends on what doctor you get. There are some who treat anyone in pain as though they're suspicious and probably there to get high. In my opinion it's more ethical to treat everyone as though they're pain is real instead of punishing the 9 people in real pain because of the 1 person who was looking for a fix. It's inhumane to give people no relief, then send them home to be in more pain. I've thought about making a report about one doctor in particular. It's awful being treated like you're mental or a junkie. I get that the doctors can become cynical, but it's better to treat everyone well. Err on the side of kindness and treatment.
The surgery center of Athens is charging $1450 for the facilities. This means my out-of-pocket cost is $145. I also confirmed that number with my insurance.
Saint Marys Estimated the procedure to cost $13700-$17,900. I was able to obtain from my insurance that Saint Marys was charging me for everything. The pillows on the bed,the scalpel, the kit used for the surgery, as if these items can’t be reused. For example the knife and camera to cut me with they were going to charge me $6000. Given that my share of the surgery is 10% they wanted $1370.
If someone has an emergency, they go to he emergency room. One should not have to wait over 3 hours to see whether or not their condition is life threatening
After speaking with my insurance I discovered that the hospital has a $5000 cap for the procedure. This means that St. Mary inflates the price well above the contracted rate so they can bill me my maximum out of pocket cost of $1790 but then only bill the insurance $5000. Meaning the hospital gets $6790 instead of $5500. Anesthesia would’ve been an additional bill.
Super frustrated with scheduled out patient surgery today. Told to be here well over an hour before we were even allowed to go back into a room. No receptionist was even in the outpatient center to greet us since they told us to get here so early. Just a total waste of our time! Also didn’t want to let anyone go back because there wasn’t much room even though there actually was plenty. Terrible experience, especially compared to Piedmont/ARMC. Hope to never come back here!
This type of billing scam should be illegal.
So surgery center of Athens is $1645 cheaper for me than Saint Marys.
St Mary S Health Care System is a US Hospital based in Athens, Georgia. St Mary S Health Care System is located at 1230 Baxter St, Athens, GA 30606, USA.
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