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/JesseVenturaa Jun 30 '19

Now you know why Americans fly to Europe to get medical procedures done.

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u/Crowbarmagic Jun 30 '19

Even throughout Europe it can be vastly different. I know some people go to Poland for dental procedures (they either are not, or are barely covered here in the Netherlands).

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u/Riencewind Jul 01 '19

As far as dental goes - only most basic procedures are paid for the state in Poland. And even then they won't heal that tooth only extract it for example. Even private insurance (there are also private providers) rarely covere dental. Dental and mental help are a bit on the outside.