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Medicare can cover emergency room visits and urgent care for stays of a certain length. Costs differ between Medicare Parts A and B.
An average ER visit costs $1,500. At the emergency room, you will wait 25-50 minutes or be immediately seen by doctors depending on your condition. An average ER visit costs $1,500.
The cost of emergency care required by EMTALA is not covered directly by the federal government, so it has been characterized as an unfunded mandate. [6] In 2009, uncompensated care represents 55% of emergency room care, and 6% of total hospital costs. [7]
In the U.S., the average wait time for a first-time appointment is 24 days (≈3 times faster than in Canada); wait times for Emergency Room (ER) services averaged 24 minutes (more than 4x faster than in Canada); wait times for specialists averaged between 3–6.4 weeks (over 6x faster than in Canada). [57]
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Administrative costs. About 25% of U.S. healthcare costs relate to administrative costs (e.g., billing and payment, as opposed to direct provision of services, supplies and medicine) versus 10-15% in other countries. For example, Duke University Hospital had 900 hospital beds but 1,300 billing clerks.