Heart Attack Cost - Can You Afford
It?
With the rising cost of
medical services, is it any wonder that heart attack cost is a
big winner for those medical services that work in this area.
But guess who the big loser is in this heart attack cost ball
game? You got it... the heart attack victim.
Even with new medical
procedures and breakthroughs in the treatment and repair of a
heart problem, heart attack cost has skyrocketed beyond your
wildest dreams.
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The cost associated with a heart
attack is not common knowledge, and until
you enter the game and get up close and
personal, will you learn this is one game
you should have avoided.
Your first heart attack cost,
most likely will be, general ambulance
service. Figure on at least $800-$1500 or
more depending on your
location.
Your second heart attack cost
will be ambulance medical support, figure
on an additional $100+.
Your third heart attack cost will be
emergency room general services at your local
hospital. Figure on at least $750, then
professional fees for emergency room, another
$250 or so.
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Then tack on miscellaneous
supplies, $500 for laboratory tests, about $300 for EKG, plus
X-ray drugs etc - for a grand total so far of about $2500 for
your emergency room visit.
Your fourth major heart attack cost will
most likely be your stay in the ICU of your local hospital,
until they figure out what to do with you. Figure on a day at a
cost of about $850.
Now that you have
the basic heart attack cost out of the way, unless you live
within reach of a major medical facility with a heart
specialist on staff, you are going to get a ride in a plane or
helicopter. Figure on an additional $5000-$6000 for this
opportunity.
Now we are getting to the real meat of our heart attack cost.
You have already spent about $10,000 or so getting to this
point. The next heart attack cost will make that seem like
pocket change!
You can figure on about $22,000-$25,000 for your stay in the
heart medical center, while they discover your heart problem
and try to repair your heart damage. And this does not include
the surgeons cost, which can add additional thousands to your
overall heart attack cost. So now your heart attack cost is
over $40,000. If everything goes well and your heart problem
can be corrected by Coronary Angioplasty, you are left with one
remaining heart attack cost, the chemical or treadmill stress
test. This could add as much as $5,000 more to your already
growing bill.
Your minimum heart
attack cost for this overall experience will be about
$45,000-$50,000! If the Coronary Angioplasty procedure cannot
repair your damage and open heart surgery is needed, your heart
attack cost could more than double.
By choosing foods with lower fat and cholesterol content,
quitting smoking... if you do smoke, keeping your blood
pressure under control, and exercising regularly, you may avoid
this dangerous and costly experience... and eliminate heart
attack cost for good.
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