Actual Matilda Birthing Costs for Emergency C-section
- 02-20-2012, 03:20 PM #1Registered User
- Join Date
- May 2010
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Posts
- 141
Actual Matilda Birthing Costs for Emergency C-section
FYI- for those looking at insurance and checking on birth costs, here's the actual costs for my emergency c-section in dec. 2011 for a private room. I guess you can consider this is the maximum amount you'd have to pay in an emergency birth situation.
I also needed to check in one day early before my private room"package" started so you'll see an additional charge for accommodation. Also, normally, for c-sections you can stay 5 nites, but I was feeling fine so I checked out one day early so that explains the discount.
#'s are rounded to nearest 100 and all in HKD
Total 214,000hkd
Ob/Gyn 60,000
Anesthesiologist 20,000
2nd consultation Ob/Gyn 12,000
Accommodation 2,100 (my extra nite)
Drugs 2,600
Epidural 6,600
Labs 21,000
Package 88,000
Ward procedure 6,200
Discount 3,800 (checking out 1 night early. fyi- no matter how early you check out they will only give you a discount for 1 nite.)
Hope that helps!Last edited by hkexpat2010; 02-20-2012 at 03:22 PM.
- 02-20-2012, 03:28 PM #2Registered User
- Join Date
- May 2010
- Location
- hk south side
- Posts
- 386
Helpful info, but that would be the cost for an emergency c-section without major complications. Actually, the cost can be much more - throw in ICU and a bunch of specialist tests/ procedures for a couple days for the mother and the costs go up exponentially. Add a couple more specialists to take and read an MRI/ CT scan in the middle of the night and you can tack on thousands more. There are also variations depending on the time of day/ day of week that can make it more expensive. If you have an emergency c section on a Sunday night for example, all the doctors fees, etc. go up (room rates are the same though).
- 02-20-2012, 04:13 PM #3Registered User
- Join Date
- May 2010
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Posts
- 141
Yes, very true. Thanks for clarifying, Elle :D
- 03-05-2012, 10:35 PM #4Registered User
- Join Date
- Jan 2012
- Location
- Mid-Levels
- Posts
- 11
Do they actually do the discount for one night? Did you have to insist and fight for it or it was offered to you when being discharged?
I asked them, as I am booked for next week (planned c-section if nothing happens before and it has to be an emergency one), and they said that I can leave the hospital before 5 nights (if doctor allows) but that I will still have to pay the 5-nights package.
Which I found abusive. I had c-sections with my other two babies and after 3 nights I was back home.
- 03-05-2012, 10:47 PM #5Registered User
- Join Date
- Jan 2012
- Location
- Mid-Levels
- Posts
- 11
Also, one more question...Do you have to bring your own pediatrician to assist the baby at the time of delivery and do all the tests they do in those first minutes (Apgar test)? That would also be an extra charge, I suppose.
- 03-06-2012, 01:11 AM #6Registered User
- Join Date
- May 2010
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Posts
- 141
i automatically got the 1 night discount without asking, but i had an emergency c-section so not sure if there is a difference between that and elective.
charges for baby were as follows:
drugs
konakion 2, $232
labs
chm: bilirubin, 1.5, $435
chm: book gases (astrup), 1, 760
aborh+ths+hgb, 1, $0
g6pg, 1, 0
ward procedure
hearing test (optional), 1, 800
glucometer- mat, 1, 208
total $2,435
fees on behalf of private dr
12,500
grand total 14,935
- 03-06-2012, 06:38 PM #7Registered User
- Join Date
- Jan 2012
- Location
- Mid-Levels
- Posts
- 11
Thanks, hkexpat2010, for all the details.
Did you arrange your own pediatrician or it was one who assisted the baby as part of the hospital staff, even if then charged to you separately?
I am booked for next week (if it does not happen before and have an emergency one) and have not arranged a pediatrician yet. In Europe, you do not have to worry about that, as the pediatrician is always there as part of the hospital staff and does all the tests that need to be done to babies in the first minutes of their lives.
Thanks.
- 03-06-2012, 08:59 PM #8Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2008
- Location
- South District
- Posts
- 1,055
No need to worry, the in house pediatrician will be on call to help out.
Similar Threads
-
Recent costs at Matilda + dr. ghosh
By rs2000 in forum Hong Kong Pregnancy ForumReplies: 8Last Post: 05-03-2011, 10:19 AM -
Costs for 2 bed-ward at Matilda?
By custard in forum Hong Kong Pregnancy ForumReplies: 1Last Post: 08-31-2010, 11:20 AM -
Natural delivery costs at the Matilda
By premama in forum Hong Kong Pregnancy ForumReplies: 1Last Post: 02-25-2009, 12:41 PM -
C-section at the Matilda
By aussiegal in forum Preparing for the ArrivalReplies: 5Last Post: 02-11-2009, 10:13 PM -
Matilda and Adventist - costs
By jaetee in forum Hong Kong Pregnancy ForumReplies: 29Last Post: 07-15-2008, 12:57 PM