Hospital rings up $2755 upcharge by sending pregnant woman to ER

Poudre Valley Hospital is a clip-joint.

5 min readOct 27, 2021

A vintage cash register; the three rung-up tabs show icons for a pregnant person, a hospital, and a bag of money. In the background is a mosaic of US $100 bills with Benjamin Franklin disguised by a domino mask. Image: Sergey Demushkin/Noun Project (modified): https://thenounproject.com/term/pregnancy/374502/ CC BY: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en Icon Solid/Noun Project (modified): https://thenounproject.com/term/money-bag/31415/ CC BY: https://creativecommons.org/licen

“American health care billing horror stories” is one of my favorite, love-to-hate-it genres. The 24/7 gaslighting delivered by the health-industrial complex is quite a mind-zap and it’s nice to get these reminders that we’re not all hallucinating here.

Hospital rings up $2755 upcharge by sending pregnant woman to ER

Poudre Valley Hospital is a clip-joint.

Written by Cory Doctorow