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MY HOSPITAL BILL COMES TO WHAT?! Do you have trouble paying medical bills? You're not alone. Nearly half (46%) of working adults in the U.S. have too little or no insurance, leaving them “unprotected from high out-of-pocket costs" at hospitals and other healthcare centers. AVERAGE COST OF HOSPITAL CARE PER PERSON BY STATE? If you added up each state's yearly hospital bills, then distributed them equally as though every person in the state were paying an equal share, you'd get the numbers in the map below. Least Expensive Most Expensive Wash. Vt. $2,409 $3,408 Maine Mont. N.D. $3,268 $2,840 $3,183 Or. . N.H. $2,980 Minn. $2,208 Idaho $2,594 S.D. $3,147 • Mass. I $3,505 $2,115 Wis. N.Y. $2,730 $2,949 Wyo. $2,913 Mich. $2,695 $3,060 • Conn. $2,661 lowa Pa. Neb. $2,951 Nev. $2,713 $2,858 N.J. II. $2,697 $1,949 Ohio $2,351 Ind. $2,603 Del. $2,881 WVa. $3,073 Va Utah • D.C $4,948 $3,109 - Md. $2,767 Colo. Calif. $1,830 $2,077 $2,150 Kan. Mo. Ky. $2,607 $2,298 $2,530 $3,143 N.C. Tenn. $2,280 Ariz. Okla. $2,160 N.M. $2,469 Ark. $2,221 $1,977 $2,535 S.C. $2,553 Miss. Ala. Ga $2,741 $2,111 $1,922 Hawaii $2,480 Texas $2,138 La. $2,532 Fla. $2,207 Alaska National Average $3,879 $2,475 AVERAGE COST OF HOSPITAL TREATMENTS“ stroke chest pain $23,865 $16,928 pacemaker implantation $53,134 heart attack $23,000 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) $18,121 gallbladder removal $34,636 stomach virus $20,322 knee replacement $50,105 high blood pressure $17,735 sprained, strained or dislocated ankle $19,464 fractured hip $17,838 blocked blood vessels skin infection $17,278 $20,272 AVERAGE COST TO TREAT A HEART ATTACK5 Health care doesn't need to cost an arm and a leg. Your bill at one hospital could be more than 10 times as much as the hospital down the road.® The map below shows a sample of hospitals in Virginia and what they charge for treating a heart attack. 1. Richmond (Johnston Willis Dr.) 2. Petersburg 3. Richmond (Bremo Rd.) 4. Suffolk $29,273 (3 5. Norfolk (Gresham Dr.) $43,043 1 6. Virginia Beach 11 $13,917 $16,869 9 7. Norfolk $40,283 (2 (Kempsville Rd.) $17,603 8 7 $20,273 8. Newport News $26,489. 5 6 $25,942 9. Williamsburg $27,521 (10 $16,281 10. Chesapeake 11. Gloucester 49 MILLION Americans don't have health insurance³ HOW TO BUILD A MONEY CRISIS FIRST AID KIT STUDY THE MAP COMPARE PRICES STOCKPILE A BUFFER Pinpoint income-based healthcare centers in your It's worth taking a gander at the costs of hospitals in your area before an Stash away extra cash whenever you can so you'll have it for emergencies. area – they may charge you less for treatment. (To find health centers that bill based on the patient's income, visit findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov) emergency comes up. Make note of your most affordable options. (To compare hospital prices in your area, visit www.opscost.com) REFERENCES IS. R. Collins, R. Robertson, T. Garber, & M. M. Doty. (2013, April 26). Insuring the future: Current trends in health coverage and the effects of implementing the affordable care act. The Commonwealth Fund. Retrieved from http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Fund-Reports/2013/Apr/Insuring-the-Future.aspx. 2Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2012). Health expenditures by state of residence: Summary tables, 1991-2009. Retrieved from https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/Downloads/res-tables.pdf. 3U.S. Census Bureau. (2012). Health insurance: Highlights: 2011. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/data/incpovhlth/2011/highlights.html. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2013). Medicare provider charge data: Inpatient. Retrieved from https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Provider-Charge-Data/Downloads/IPPS_DRG _XLSX.zip. S0psCost. (2013). Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive Without Complications and Comorbities/Major Complications and Comorbities. Retrieved July 18, 2013 from http://www.opscost.com/search?location=Norfolk%2C%20Virginia&drg_procedure_code=282. GYoung, J. & Kirkham, C. (2013, May 8). Hospital prices no longer secret as new data reveals bewildering system, staggering cost differences. The Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/hospital-prices-cost-differences_n_3232678.html. CashNetUSA.