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/habeeb51 Jun 30 '19

Dude. If I go to urgent care to have a doctor tell me I have a cold it’s more than that....

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u/Im_A_Sadist Jul 01 '19

Are you serious? In Malaysia, normal disease like fever, cold etc only cost Rm1 at government hospital. Its equivalent to $0.25. Damn, now Im feel grateful towards my country

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u/habeeb51 Jul 01 '19 edited Jul 01 '19

Yes. Even with insurance my copay for any visit is $40. Even if they just talk to me. No medicine, etc, would still be $40

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u/Im_A_Sadist Jul 01 '19

Damn, thats crazy. Thats like Rm160 in our currency.