Friday, September 25, 2009

Hospital fees

Hmmm...
It looks like delivering at Cedar-Sinai Hospital in Beverly Hills cost twice as much as delivering at UCLA-Santa Monica Hospital, even though UCLA-Santa Monica Hospital houses a brand-spanking-new maternity ward.

How do we make sense of that? Is it the convenience of having a NICU (neo-natal intensive care unit) in Cedar-Sinai that raises its cost? Is it its location and its supposed service to Hollywood movie stars?

Although we love our current OB, we may have to jump to a third one (!!) in order to avoid delivering at Cedar-Sinai.

Plus, we just found out that adding a dependent on Anthem Blue Cross will cost over $500/month. Ridiculous!

All this health insurance research gives me a daily headache!

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