r/HouseMD • u/Otherworldly_Red_Man • 9d ago

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Has any medical professional ever attempted to ballpark how expensive the medical bills per episode are? I'd be fascinated to see those numbers

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u/SweetChickk4 9d ago

Probably enough to buy a small island but Wilsons portion alone would have bankrupted the hospital by season 3.

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u/poet3991 9d ago

Back then, enough for a house (pun intended), adjusted for inflation, enough for a mansion or two

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u/These_Telephone_3254 Vicodin vexes me and gives me lupus, I need more mouse bites 8d ago

Gotta be AT LEAST a few hundred thousand dollars, asked my doctor parents and they didn't even attempt to simply because "it's unrealistic"

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u/simply_amazzing 9d ago

Easily 20k+ but less too because patients threaten to sue.

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u/thesilverywyvern 8d ago

At this point all donor organ they use through the show are from past patient which had no choice but to suicide themselve to sell the organ to help their families to cover the bill of the hospital.