Scorpion sting leaves Arizona woman with huge bill
Associated
Press – Tue, Sep 4, 2012
PHOENIX
(AP) — An Arizona
woman is wondering what hurt more: getting stung by a scorpion or seeing her
hospital bill after treatment.
Marcie Edmonds says the bill from
Chandler Regional Medical Center was more than $83,000. That includes two doses
of anti-venom at nearly $40,000 per dose.
The Arizona Republic
(http://bit.ly/RD6bX8) says Edmonds' insurer has paid more than $57,000 and the
suburban Phoenix hospital is asking Edmonds for the balance of about $25,000.
The
52-year-old Ahwatukee (ah-wha-TU'-kee) Foothills resident was stung in June
while opening a box of air conditioner filters in her garage.
Edmonds
says an emergency room doctor told her about the Mexican anti-venom Anascorp
that could quickly relieve her symptoms, but she was never told about the cost.
Chandler
Regional says Edmonds' bill represents the out-of-network costs for her
treatment.
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Information from: The Arizona Republic,
http://www.azcentral.com
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