Sure, paying for health insurance isn’t fun, but not having it can hurt a lot more.
See how much not being covered could cost you:
- Spend the night in the hospital (average day in hospital) – Average Cost $6,797
- Get flown to the hospital (air ambulance) – Average Cost $8,928
- Get driven to the hospital (ground ambulance) – Average Cost $607
- Have an appendix burst (care and surgery for appendicitis, 5 days in hospital) – Average Cost $48,151
- Blow your knee out (knee surgery and care, 2 days in hospital) – Average Cost $48,302
- Crash and smack your head (skull fracture, head injury, intracerebral hemorrhage) – Average Cost $291.305
- Land hard and fracture your ankle (compound fracture of tibia and fibula, 7 days in hospital, surgery) – Average Cost $101,790