The cost of a hospital stay during the Coronavirus

With COVID-19 expecting to cost millions in medical bills, do you know how much the cost of a hospital stay would be?

STAY FOR THE CORONAVIRUS MIGHTBE?

MARK ROPER LOOKS INTO THOSENUMBERS.THE PANDEMIC WILL COST THEHEALTHCARE INDUSTRY BILLIONS OFDOLLARS.PATIENTS MIGHT BE WONDERING HOWMUCH TREATMENT IS GOING TO COSTTHEM.(SOT - THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE,IT'S ABOUT PATIENTS ANDFAMILIES AND TRYING TO DO RIGHTBY THEM, AND TRYING TO HELP ALLAS A BIG TEAM, TO GET THROUGHTHIS TOGETHER) JOHNS HOPKINSMEDICINE SENIOR MEDICALDIRECTOR...AS WELL AS THE KAISER FAMILYFOUNDATION TOOK A LOOK AT THECOSTS TO HOSPITALS -- PATIENTS-- AND PROVIDERS.THEY COMPARED IT TO SIMILARCOSTS OF TREATMENT FORPNEUMONIA.THEY FOUND IN-PATIENT TREATMENTFOR COVID-19...COULD COST EMPLOYER HEALTHINSURANCE AND THE PEOPLEENROLLED IN THOSE PLANS -- MORETHAN 9-THOUSAND DOLLARS FORPATIENTS WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS.OVER 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS FORTHOSE WITH SERIOUSCOMPLICATIONS OR THOSE WHO HAVEUNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES.AND THE PRICE CAN SKYROCKET IFA PATIENT NEEDS A VENTILATOR.(SOT - MORE THAN FOUR DAYS WITHA VENTILATOR, THAT COSTS ANDTHATHOSPITALIZATION TENDS TO COSTSMORE THAN $90,000, WHILE IT'SMORE IN THE 30'S FOR THOSEHOSPITALIZED FOUR DAYS OR LESS)MEANTIME...NEARLY ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVEPATIENTS ADMITTED IN-NETWORKFOR PNEUMONIA -- ENDED UP WITHA SURPRISE BILL OUT OF NETWORK.SOMETHING A WHITE HOUSESPOKESPERSON SAYS THE TRUMPADMINISTRATION IS WORKING ON TOPREVENT.(SOT - TYPICALLY, EMPLOYERSPONSORED PLANS WILL HAVEABOUT A $1400 ON AVERAGEDEDUCTIBLE, AND ALSO INADDITION TO THAT, THE OUT OFPOCKET EXPENSES THAT MAY BEEXPECTED FOR A PATIENT WHO'SHOSPITALIZED WITH A COVIDRELATED INFECTION COULD BE UPAS HIGH AS $1400 DOLLARS ASWELL) THE NON-PROFIT GROUP...FAIR HEALTH...ESTIMATES TOTAL HOSPITALCHARGES FOR COVID-19 TREATMENTIN THE U-S COULD RANGE FROMABOUT 360 BILLION TO NEARLY ONEPOINT FIVE TRILLION.THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY WILLHAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO WILL PAYFOR IT.(SOT - THERE IS SOME SUPPORTTHAT'S COMING THROUGH THESTIMULUS BILL TO THE HOSPITALSAND I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEINGWORKED OUT RIGHT NOW, AND ITHINK THAT THAT'S TO HELP KEEPTHAT WAS MARK ROPER REPORTING.A NEW YORK MOTHER WHO DELIVERED