All I’ve been dreaming of is a special, swanky dinner at a local place called Al Di La!  It’s not super-super fancy, but it definitely pricier than I’m used to.  Clearly, though, I am not aiming high enough.

This receipt supposedly belongs to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.  The whole thing is crazy, but what really kills me is the $12 water.

Also, I’d expect a nicer receipt from such a ritzy place, you know?  Gold-leaf, fancy font, letterpressed… SOMEthing.  Aside from all the zeros, this looks like it could be from a crummy Burritoville.  Nellos, what gives?

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My trip to the ER back in March was not cheap. Quick recap in case you missed it: I came home from SxSW with a double ear infection and a rocking fever and went to the doctor who poked by abdomen and found a spot so painful he sent me to the emergency room to have it CAT scaned. While I was there, no doctor could find that painful spot (I’m guessing it was gas) and after a lot of back and forth over what tests I would or would not have (based entirely on the fact that I didn’t think we could pay for them and the fact that the xray tech advised me to skip out on my bill) I was sent home without any major machines being involved. They took four vials of blood, did a strep test, and then I peed in a cup.

I got the bill from the hospital for $654. “Yikes,” I thought. It’s expensive to get sick with no insurance. But, ok. We’ll deal.”

I got another bill for $2074.23 after that, and I figured they had my account mixed up with someone else’s, because I had already gotten one bill that was much less.

It turns out the $654 is for the doctor, and the second bill was for the hospital itself.

TWO Bills! Even so, I told the billing department that since there were no xrays, CAT scans, or ultrasounds done on me, they must have made a mistake; there was no way I could have generated a two thousand plus hospital bill. They didn’t. It’s $1000 to be admitted and, apparently, $1074.23 for the blood, urine and strep test, making me think we should get rid of the studio and set up a phlebotomy lab.

We got the payments reduced to monthly installments, but this is still a huge blow, considering there is nothing wrong with me that warranted a trip to the hospital at all. And I know why the bill is so inflated – I’m being charged for every other person who went to the ER and skipped out on their bill. I’m not planning on adding to the problem by skipping out on MY bill, but it makes me really angry. WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE AND WHY ARE YOU FUCKING UP THE MEDICAL SYSTEM?!