hospital I just got the hospital bill ??? it's always so shocking! No comments, free healthcare country mommies. I know,…

Last time mine and baby's bill was close to 20k. All I had to pay was $175. Luckily we have really good insurance because of my husbands job

We have to meet our deductible (4000 individual/6000 family) and then it's 20 or 10% after that. I'm waiting to see how much the insurance negotiated price is but my bill was $12000+ and baby's was $2500+. My older daughter had a second set of tubes put in her ears too, so that goes toward the deductible, but her 5 minute surgery was $2300. Crazy! I had a simple birth, but extras like water birth pool and liner are $1000, iv fluids $500, and my favorite ridiculous price is for the ice pack diapers stocked in my room at $119 each (charged for 7, but I only used 3!). Luckily I won't pay all that, but daaaang.

Thankful for our insurance so we'll only have to pay $2800

So glad my husband is in the military. I delivered off base and paid only $30. Once again when baby #4 gets here I'll pay $30 again and that's it.

Just had a quick look at the cost of living differences from Australia (the state I live in) compared to the US. I thought that the cost of living would be much lower in the US because of all the extra benefits we get here (free healthcare, government payments/benefits for any person that has children. I currently receive about 1000 a month on base/minimum payments), but in most places its still higher.

Its crazy how varied governments can be, and theres countries out there that have it even better than we do!

I haven't had my baby yet but I was in the hospital for 5 days and it was a little over 15000 my insurance paid most of it but I have to pay around 2000. I really don't want to see the bill when I do have him.

If I had to pay as much as half these ladies I'd have enough money for 1 onesie and 1 baby wipe

Lol I'm in Canada

They even have programs where I'm from to give out brand new car seats for free and what not

I'd rather pay more on my loaf of bread then have to pull $9000 out of my arse or worry abt it along with student loans, bills etc

Don't worry. It's all relative. Free healthcare translates to higher priced everything else. People just forget. ?

Governments don't grow money on trees, ya know , LOL. (Well. Clearly some people think they do.)

I live in downtown chicago, have private insurance and pay $1,713 for a cesarean. But we meet our in and out of network deductible annually due to other health conditions. I think that's a steal.

400 million people versus a few million elsewhere is an impossible comparison.

Our deductible is $5500 so we have to pay that out of pocket before my insurance will pay anything. Delivery and hospital stay is expected to be around $8,000. So insurance will only pay about $2500 of that. ??

It's crazy to me on how much it is to have a baby in all these different places. I live in Las Vegas,NV (United States) my insurance covers 90% and we cover 10% . So out of my pocket we have to pay around 900$

@ olivia, also can't believe how expensive it is over there. Im in Australia though and we don't pay anything at all :/

Some hospitals will discount if u are able to pay in full up front, maybe it will help someone to know.

I'm going to a midwife and birthing at a birth center and i pay $4500 total for everything. There are some covered by insurance but i didn't have insurance at the beginning.

I can't even believe people can afford to have babies over there. Especially my age ??

We paid $2,800 out of pocket/our own money for me to meet my individual deductible. Better than the $17,000+ our insurance company has paid so far though!

Seeing in comments it's around 6000 do you actually have to pay 6000 pounds of your own money???

I've come to the conclusion that I will die with medical bills and student loans! 6,000+ for OB appointments, delivery and stay. Yay for no insurance ?

We talked to the hospital and got an estimate of approx 6,000. My first was covered under state insurance because we weren't married at the time. My husband always says we should've never married because state insurance will cover everything if your legally single. Which is ridiculous!

I know, right? I bumped up my HSA contribution at work as soon as I found out I was expecting. I'm also lucky that my employer gives us $1,500 a year to our HSA as well.

With my first baby our bill was over $40,000 we delivered at UCSF. But the good thing I had an insurance that cover everything.

I'm expecting mine to be around 6k outta pocket, and that doesn't even include the separate bills for the babies doctor and/or epidural bill, etc...and I've already paid my OB her 400+ estimate...good thing hospitals except monthly payments ? and sad thing is.... I pay monthly for these crappy benefits! They don't cover crap! Insurance is a joke and stuff is overly priced, in my opinion.

I haven't gotten mine yet but I know I will have to pay about 1300 out of pocket. Thankfully my hubby's work has an HSA set up for him so we shouldn't have to pay anything ourselves really.

I am from Canada but I have no negative comments. Just out of curiosity how much does it cost to have a baby in the US?

I dread that bill ? sorry. Happy Mother's Day though!

I am in the military so Tricare paid in full for my delivery. When I got the bill for my first delivery it was over $18,000.