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by bitJericho 4503 days ago
500 rs?? Good thing you don't live in the states, would have been a 5000 dollar operation!
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Normally I'm happy to jump into a "bash US healthcare" conversation, but as someone who recently experienced exactly this issue off-insurance, I can tell you that office visit + procedure runs anywhere from $200-$400 out of pocket. Since it's a 5 minute in-office thing, most of that cost would be hidden behind a copay to those with decent insurance.

Nothing like 500Rs, to be sure. But not quite four figures yet.

As most people don't have 500 dollars to pay the clinic up front, this would have been an ER visit for the majority of Americans.