15 Pics Of Hospital Bills That Are Truly Haunting

Many moms online share that when their children are born premature, they often have to spend time in the NICU for observation until they are okay to go home. Their time spent in their racks up a huge hospital bill. One mom on TikTok shared her son's 8-day stay cost them $80,000 in medical bills—which they are still paying three years later.

All over Reddit, photos of bills for labor and delivery prove that hospitals will nickel and dime you for just about anything they see fit. One hospital bill showcases that they even charge for the "skin-to-skin" contact that mothers have with their babies after birth.

Looking at the state of the healthcare field in the United States, some would rather die than have to make it out of the hospital alive after a long stay. Hospital bills are what make many people end up in crazy amounts of debt.

The Reddit user shared that they went to the hospital in the United States when they were sick and the doctors did one blood test. They decided that he had a virus that they could not identify nor help treat, so they sent him home. This was the bill for the one blood test.

Staying for two days in the hospital so that you can be safe and watched instead of committing suicide is a tough decision. This person however showcased that the price of that is expensive, and why many people can't get help when they are drowning.

The Reddit user said she contracted Covid-19 while working a shift as a nurse, so she went down to the emergency department to get checked out and seen. She received a $7,000+ bill just for being seen.

In the United States, if you don't have good insurance that covers just about everything you need when you are giving birth, you are going to pay the cost of an entire house just to give birth to your child.

To attempt suicide, you have to be in a very, very low place. To get better, you need goodness, love, support, and help. But what doesn't help is owing almost $100,000 to the medical community for helping save your life.

The TikTok user shared that in the United States, they had Covid-19 and required a 4-month long hospital stay in order to recover. Now, they'll spend the rest of their life paying back the $2 million+ bill.

Two nights in the hospital may seem like it's not a long time, but when you don't have insurance and you look at the bill, you might as well drop dead. This Reddit user ended up with a $64,000 bill for two nights.

The Reddit user said that their friend had been in a car accident with someone who was high on heroin. They ended up in the hospital due to all of their injuries and it totaled to an insanely high amount of money. And, he was the victim.

The Reddit user shared she had gotten health insurance so that she would have insurance cover her wisdom teeth extraction. Turns out, the insurance paid less than she pays monthly to even have the insurance.

If you are someone who needs a motorized wheelchair to get around, you should hope that you have a bunch of money saved. To get around and get one that you can use on a regular basis, it's going to cost you.

In the United States, if you get bit by a rattlesnake, you'll need a lot of care. So much care, that it's going to cost you six figures in order to foot the bill. And, it's an accident!

This Reddit user shared they needed to get an MRI scan of their head for something, and the bill that came through was insanity. One scan of their head ran up a bill for over $18,000. That's basically an entire year of college.