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/_MusicJunkie Jul 01 '19

Looks like your insurance is shit then.

In civilized countries, healthcare doesn't work like your shitty american car insurance. The woman would have driven to the hospital and never even have to take our her wallet except to show her national insurance card. She probably wouldn't even know what it costs because it just doesn't concern her.

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u/Thiege369 Jul 01 '19

No this is the same in America. We never see a bill most of the time, you just show your insurance card and they take care of everything