While he was not as expensive as the
Six Million Dollar Man, the hospital bills for our son Samuel's birth arrived the other day. Easily over $25,000. Wow. Earlier today we went to a photographer to have pictures of Sammy taken. The photographer just had a son himself and said it cost $15,000 with a cesarian section. What a difference in cost! The photographer's jaw dropped when he heard how much our son's birth was. Sammy had some difficult circumstances at his birth (we still need to writeup the post-delivery on this blog) so he required some extra care. We talked to the hospital and the benefits folks and found we will be responsible for less than $2,000 out of our pocket. By participating in a medical reimbursement account that amount will effectively be even less because of the tax savings.
In any event, you can't put a price on the health of your child. We are thankful that Samuel left the hospital with a clean bill of health.
The original 6 million dollar man, Steve Austin...
...we think our son is better looking...
...although he can't run 60 mph...
...yet.
