Why Are Families Being Charged Tens Of Thousands To Have A Baby?

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]think your company hates women. Hey, this is Aaron from Sashwork. I'm calling about a billing dispute for one of your patients. She had a C-section about 4 weeks ago and I'm looking at her itemized bill. I need someone from your department to walk me through this. All right, so let's start here.

[00:00:16]The operating room fee was $42,000 for the room. Not the surgeon, not anesthesia, the room where she delivered the baby.

[00:00:26]Anesthesia is a completely different line item and that was $12,000 for a procedure that lasted 45 minutes.

[00:00:34]That's $262 per minute to be unconscious. Then we have a newborn assessment. That's $3,800 to weigh the baby and look at the baby's ears. I'm not trying to I know that there's a lot that goes into that, but $3,000 for a newborn assessment. Uh and then this one's my favorite, the skin-to-skin facilitation.

[00:00:57]Um I guess you all didn't charge too much on this one. You charged $950 to hold the baby. The baby that she just paid $42,000 to deliver in your building. Then you have the audacity to list recovery room observation at $6,800.

[00:01:12]She was in the delivery room for 2 hours. That's $3,200 an hour to lay in a bed while nursing checks her blood pressure.

[00:01:21]Her total bill is $91,000.

[00:01:24]I I'm I genuinely think that your company hates women cuz I'm looking at a bill that punishes women for giving birth. No, I'm not being That's That's a real statement.