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jsr

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2. It was $5,082 two years ago:

Reply to Aerows (Original post)

Wed Mar 5, 2014, 01:11 PM

Mar 2014

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650902

05-06-2012, 07:26 PM

So, guess what it cost last week for somebody to get the first set of shots in the Emergency Room after we figured out the cat that did the scratching was rabid?

$5,082. For 8 shots (one vaccine and seven separate syringes of the same immunoglobulin injected into seven different sites). This includes a doctor and some fiddling around, but no treatment of the wound, no tests, just the consult and the injections in the ER.

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Health care costs in the US are completely reasonable [View all] Aerows Mar 2014 OP

$18,000 for just your rabies series? Autumn Mar 2014 #1

I was stunned Aerows Mar 2014 #4

It was $5,082 two years ago: jsr Mar 2014 #2

I got the nasty one where they inject it directly into the wound Aerows Mar 2014 #3

It was $13,000 four years ago for my uncle in Atlanta. stillwaiting Mar 2014 #6

thats about what it was for us two years ago belcffub Mar 2014 #22

Easy money. I don't know why everybody JEB Mar 2014 #5

My mind is officially blown Aerows Mar 2014 #7

Oh, and icing on the cake? Aerows Mar 2014 #8

I thought under the ACA they had to cover stuff like this rurallib Mar 2014 #9

This is insurance before the ACA Aerows Mar 2014 #10

On what grounds? Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #12

I'll get the letter Aerows Mar 2014 #14

Rabies is a 99.9999 fatal disease, Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #15

If I knew this was coming? Aerows Mar 2014 #16

Send them $500 and a note saying JEB Mar 2014 #20

WTF. I know for a fact that Medicare covers rabies shots if you're bitten by a dog. jsr Mar 2014 #17

!!!! Whisp Mar 2014 #11

My jaw has been on the floor since I opened both Aerows Mar 2014 #13

First make sure it was billed correctly Sweet Freedom Mar 2014 #18

Medical insurance companies ALWAYS look for a reason to decline a payment. When I worked as an adirondacker Mar 2014 #19

not sure where you are from belcffub Mar 2014 #23

Of course they are, good that you now agree nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #21