Heart Attack Sticker Shock
Shop Ahead!
Best Buy Heart Attacks
Like peace in the Middle East and the Tooth Fairy, some politicians actually believe in the reality of a market-driven health care system – where consumers are able to seek out the best prices for health care the way they buy a car, or put on a roof on their house.
By locking in the best price for a stoke or lung cancer.
Which, of course, is total doo-doo.
Especailly when the Big One slams you in the middle of the night.
And the 911 paramedics won't drive you to a hospital offering the best deal on chest pain.
Anyhow...
In the spirit of health care non-system, we've provided the mean sticker price for both heart attacks and less dangerous chest pains at Broward's non-profit government* hospitals. (*The assumption being that government health care will cost less than for profit medicine.)
Hint: Smart health care consumers will head for Memorial Miramar during their next heart attack – and avoid Broward General where their cardiac costs are almost double.
Heart Attack
North Broward Hospital District
Broward General- $41,875
Coral Springs - $32,944
Imperial Point - $22,843
North Broward - $22,065
South Broward Hospital District
Heart Attack –
Memorial Miramar - $21,795
Mem. Pembroke - $22,568
Mem. West - $26,680
Mem. Regional - $34,800
Chest Pain
North Broward Hospital District
Broward General- $16,080
Coral Springs - $11,847
Imperial Point - $10,481
North Broward - $10,545
South Broward Hospital District
Memorial Miramar - $10,157
Mem. Pembroke - $15,821
Mem. West - $13,143
Mem. Regional - $13,871
Source:
http://www.floridahealthfinder.gov.CompareCare
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