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Health insurance still leaves you with a large bill. Expect like $10k for the hospital part for a lot of insurances. Don’t forget the obgyn visits throughout the pregnancy (probably only $25-$75 per visit, depending on if you need a specialist). Labs are extra. In fact, the one that really tells a lot of info (lots of recessive gene issues can be found with it) is like a $750 lab that insurance doesn’t usually pay for (“it’s too new, and not required”).

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lunarul@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I have 2 children. Insurance covered almost everything. The out of pocket expenses for the hospital were something like $700, not thousands. For doctor’s visits it was just the $20 co-pay for each visit, and all the labs were fully covered.

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- Kage520@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Good insurance! Our child born this year the hospital bill looks like around $8k after insurance, but we keep getting other bills from the provider’s offices so it’s hard to say exactly. Fortunately my wife has a secondary insurance of some sort we can submit the $8k to get that knocked down to hopefully $4k. If it works. It’s been months trying to get it sorted.
  
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  - Feyr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    This year? Check out the no surprise bill (federal). Those extra bills might not be legal
    
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Stumblinbear@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I had an 8k bill for a TIA I had last year. It’s a lot of money, but if you have a job that will cover your hospital bills, you can probably pay for it without drowning

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