![]() The total cost was $87.65 for 5 days in the hospital, which comes in at a mere $829.81 in today’s money. A manufacturing job at the time would have yielded on average $71.86 per week or more.Īmong the possible charges listed (but not used) is the hospital barber! Via/ RedditĪnother Reddit user posted the bill from his father’s 1955 birth. That same charge today would be $938.18 adjusted for inflation. In 1954 one couple in North Dakota was charged $99.84 with $2 listed for x-ray services (as posted to Reddit). The hospital bill for my dad's birth in 1936: $36.00. One of the commenters on the image below said his grandparents’ bill in 1936 was $36.00 which they paid 50 cents a week on until the entire bill was satisfied (which would be $659.42 total today). A new refrigerator in 1968 could be had for around $200. Go back to 1968 and the costs are $406.80 for a 5-day hospital stay, which would be $3,015.52 today. Nostalgia on Health Costs…Guess what dear parents paid for my 1947 birth, w anesthesia, 4 hospital days, etc. A new men’s Bulova watch in 1947 cost $52.50 so the total hospital bill cost only slightly more. That cost after inflation would be $634.88 in 2019. (1) /w57lalzj00įrom 1947 comes this bill which was $54.00 for a 4-day stay. In 1961, that meant spending 9 days in the hospital. This is the hospital bill from when I was born on this day in 1961. For reference the average new car in 1961 cost $2,850. In today’s money that would be $3,552.86. ![]() The total cost before insurance was $418.85. The final cost to the patient was only $80.75 for nine days in the hospital and lists a phone fee of $4.60 – she must have asked for room with a phone. $10.77 adjusted for inflation today is $101.96.Ī post shared by Central Park Midwifery □ bill is from 1961 for a c-section delivery. The cost after insurance was $10.75 and that included oxygen and an incubator. The bill below is from the 1950s for multiple days stay. A couple in Utah in 2016 was charged $40on their bill to simply be allowed to hold their new son after he was delivered via c-section.īut, flash back to previous eras and you’ll find simpler bills and much, much lower costs for a hospital stay after a birth. Hospital charges can be hard or impossible to calculate beforehand, costing thousands of dollars or more and there are surprises at every turn for some patients. Today, a birth can be a hugely expensive undertaking. People have been posting their parent’s and grandparents’ old hospital bills from when they were born and the prices are shockingly low. A recent trend on social media has been making the rounds and it’s really interesting. Old grocery lists, army papers, or scrapbooks can be windows into the world of the past. Finding piles of old documents can be a chore, but it can also be a wonderful insight into what our parents’ lives were like.
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