That's awful. I hit my head in Thailand and went to the hospital, excellent experience I was in and out in 2 hours, got CT scanned and fully examined by a specialist, then left with a USB drive of my brain scans all for $180 out of pocket.
Up here in Canada I have not gotten a bill yet (including when my daughter had to get brain scans), but one thing is it’s very hard to get the actual scans. I had to no joke steal my own chest xrays to get a copy.
> one thing is it’s very hard to get the actual scans. I had to no joke steal my own chest xrays to get a copy.
unacceptable. In Asia, you have the personal email and cellphone of your dedicated administrative assistant (you won't ever have to talk to another one) who takes care of things like that. You just tell her to obtain your CT and fedex it to your doctor, and they call you back when it's done.
Some providers are getting better at this. The hospital I visit has an online system that gives you tons of details on your results (to be fair, I don't think you see actual scans, but you do see all the notes and observations made on them which are clearly intended to be communicated between doctors and other care providers primarily).
