Heart Attack Cost - How Costly?

With the rising cost of medical services, is it anymajor medical facility with a heart specialist on
wonder that heart attack cost is a big winner forstaff, you are going to get a ride in a plane or
those medical services that work in this area. Buthelicopter. Figure on an additional $5000-$6000 for
guess who the big loser is in this heart attackthis opportunity.
cost ball game? You got it... the heart attackNow we are getting to the real meat of our heart
victim.attack cost. You have already spent about
Even with new medical procedures and$10,000 or so getting to this point. The next heart
breakthroughs in the treatment and repair of aattack cost will make that seem like pocket
heart problem, heart attack cost has skyrocketedchange!
beyond your wildest dreams. The cost associatedYou can figure on about $22,000-$25,000 for
with a heart attack is not common knowledge,your stay in the heart medical center, while they
and until you enter the game and get up closediscover your heart problem and try to repair
and personal, will you learn this is one game youyour heart damage. And this does not include the
should have avoided.surgeons cost, which can add additional thousands
Your first heart attack cost, most likely will be,to your overall heart attack cost. So now your
general ambulance service. Figure on at leastheart attack cost is over $40,000. If everything
$800-$1500 or more depending on your location.goes well and your heart problem can be
Your second heart attack cost will be ambulancecorrected by Coronary Angioplasty, you are left
medical support, figure on an additional $100+.with one remaining heart attack cost, the chemical
Your third heart attack cost will be emergencyor treadmill stress test. This could add as much as
room general services at your local hospital. Figure$5,000 more to your already growing bill.
on at least $750, then professional fees forYour minimum heart attack cost for this overall
emergency room, another $250 or so. Then tackexperience will be about $45,000-$50,000! If the
on miscellaneous supplies, $500 for laboratoryCoronary Angioplasty procedure cannot repair
tests, about $300 for EKG, plus X-ray drugs etc -your damage and open heart surgery is needed,
for a grand total so far of about $2500 for youryour heart attack cost could more than double.
emergency room visit.By choosing foods with lower fat and cholesterol
Your fourth major heart attack cost will mostcontent, quitting smoking... if you do smoke,
likely be your stay in the ICU of your localkeeping your blood pressure under control, and
hospital, until they figure out what to do with you.exercising regularly, you may avoid this dangerous
Figure on a day at a cost of about $850.and costly experience... and eliminate heart attack
Now that you have the basic heart attack costcost for good.
out of the way, unless you live within reach of a