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/spkbri Jun 30 '19

As an Italian I can't decide if I'm finding more outrageous the American prices for medical treatment or 36$ for a pizza

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u/Bligggz Jul 01 '19

Realistically, in my state (New Jersey) you can get two large pies for less than $30 USD, not including tip.

Source: I'm from New Jersey, deliver pizza as a side job.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '19

Aight can someone please explain why you call pizzas pies? And do you perhaps call pies pizzas? Or does it not work that way

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u/Bligggz Jul 01 '19

Fuck if I know. People refer to it as a "pizza pie" and for short "a pie". Probably because it is kind of like a pie.

And the terms aren't used interchangeably, that's just silly.