Mexico ER: Ontario family charged $46K for emergency appendectomy in Puerto Vallarta
An Ontario family says they were shocked when their daughter needed an emergency appendectomy in Mexico – a surgery that came with a staggering $46,000 price tag.
Minal and her husband, who asked that their last names be withheld as they deal with insurance, took Hannah to the resort’s on-site doctor. They were then referred to a local private hospital. Hannah was quickly taken into surgery after doctors diagnosed her with appendicitis -- an inflammation of the appendix that can be life-threatening if the organ bursts.
“I have to say, in retrospect, thank God,” she said, adding that she didn’t appreciate how much the ordeal would have cost without insurance, until they had returned back to Canada.Their family doctor, Dr. Rick MacDonald, called the $46,000 price tag “extraordinary” and “fairly excessive.” “Many of our patients travel all the time and I’m sure that many of them don’t take out travel insurance,” he told CTVNews.ca. “I’m sure most people don’t do it.”
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