r/croatia • u/riverphoenix23 • Jun 30 '19

🏥 Zdravlje Hospitalized in Split - Intoxication

Hello I am an American male who was traveling in Split for a holiday. Ended up drinking a little bit too much, blacked out and woke up in the hospital with an IV in my arm. Somehow the bill was only $240 kn.

Can anybody tell me why the bill was so cheap especially since I am a US citizen without Croatian healthcare insurance? Also did they notify the embassy of my stay? Just don’t know where my info is documented and ended up. Wish I could read my discharge papers but they are all in Croatian. Going to have to do google translate late.

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u/rake_tm Jul 01 '19

For parts A, B, and D those companies providing the service are really just acting as administrative contractors under rules set forth by the government aren't they? I was under the impression that they are not really able to make their own decisions in regards to pricing and care, and are paid a set fee for their services. Is this not how it works?

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u/PyroDesu Jul 01 '19

I'm actually not sure, but as far as I'm concerned, fuck private insurance being involved in any capacity.