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flicknut
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 Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 12:42 am Post subject: Cost of Surgery with National Health Insurance |
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| I have to get surgery for a hernia and will be in the hospital for 3 days. Doctor says this will cost me 1,300,000 won even though I'm a member of the National Health Insurance program. Does this sound right? I asked how much my insurance is paying and the communication problems started to grow thick. |
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Zaria32
Joined: 04 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:05 am Post subject: |
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| I can't answer about surgery, but I was in hospital for 8 days, many tests, a lot a meds, specialists, my share of the bill was 324,000 won. |
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KumaraKitty
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:43 am Post subject: |
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| I just had a baby by C section, was in the hospital 5 days and our bill was 860,000. I would see if you could get some translation help. It seems awfully high! |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 2:08 am Post subject: Re: Cost of Surgery with National Health Insurance |
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| flicknut wrote: |
| I have to get surgery for a hernia and will be in the hospital for 3 days. Doctor says this will cost me 1,300,000 won even though I'm a member of the National Health Insurance program. Does this sound right? I asked how much my insurance is paying and the communication problems started to grow thick. |
Did you go to an international clinic?
A hernia repair and hospital stay (with private room and western menu) at a regular hospital (even a university hospital) shouldn't run more than 500k. |
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toddswift
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 2:27 am Post subject: Re: Cost of Surgery with National Health Insurance |
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| flicknut wrote: |
| I have to get surgery for a hernia and will be in the hospital for 3 days. Doctor says this will cost me 1,300,000 won even though I'm a member of the National Health Insurance program. Does this sound right? I asked how much my insurance is paying and the communication problems started to grow thick. |
are you out of YOUR MIND, having surgery in korea would be like playing russian roulette. Well, I guess it is your life, and you are saving money, so why not, just take a chance, real smart. |
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flicknut
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 3:10 am Post subject: Re: Cost of Surgery with National Health Insurance |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
Did you go to an international clinic?
A hernia repair and hospital stay (with private room and western menu) at a regular hospital (even a university hospital) shouldn't run more than 500k. |
It's a Korean hospital. Nobody can speak English there. This is the website:
http://www.sjgoodmorning.com/ |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 3:16 am Post subject: Re: Cost of Surgery with National Health Insurance |
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| flicknut wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
Did you go to an international clinic?
A hernia repair and hospital stay (with private room and western menu) at a regular hospital (even a university hospital) shouldn't run more than 500k. |
It's a Korean hospital. Nobody can speak English there. This is the website:
http://www.sjgoodmorning.com/ |
Maybe things are more expensive down in Busan than they are up here but I would certainly be looking for another hospital. That price is hiway robbery. |
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dr. love
Joined: 09 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 6:59 am Post subject: |
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That's a rip off, unless they are sewing you up with gold threads!
I had the same surgery and was able to haggle the price with the doctor after all was said and done. You should not have to pay over 800, 000 won out of pocket for everything I gander, depending on the type of room you stay in. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| All I know is that an appendectomy cost my friend with NHI W3,000,000 upfront before they would do anything at Sunchunhyang Hospital in Hannamdong several years ago. |
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djsmnc
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