Had to bring my hubby here as he was in pain (around 1am). We are from SoCal (with PPO insurance) and was here for the weekend. The hospital took his info quick and got his vitals & stuff...I had to park the car and left him in the admitting section. When I got back to the admitting section they were done with him (with IV & stuff) and ready to wheel him in the exam room.
It took the doctor less than 10mins to get to him and asked questions before he ordered for CT Scan. After done with the tests, pain meds, etc...doctor came back with results and gave him prescription for meds to buy and was discharged after. Hubby felt a little bit better but still in pain (pain killers were still active in his body).
Total time spent in ER: 3 hours...We were still able to catch our (7:30am) flight in the morning to go back home.
Updated info after the trip to the ER:
As of today 4/4/12....My hubby just received a bill from the hospital for the remainder to be paid (after insurance was applied)...$900+ ($800+ just for the metabolic panel test). With the kind of economy that we have right now...can anyone (aside from the rich people) just pay that amount as is without any hardship???
My hubby's father who was hospitalized (heart related) recently paid less than my hubby's kidney stone incident!!! The overall bill that was charged (before insurance) was over $11k----YUP, you read it right! That's just for the ER trip for the kidney stones and was released from the hospital after 3 hrs.
Now go figure if that was excessive or not!
Overall review:
Staff was outstanding!
Price/Billing for Services--- KILLER!
You might survive on any disease or health problems...but beware of the billing statement...you might have a heart attack!