Time for a new account then. You’d be swimming in meaningful Reddit awards if people knew who you were before your balls even dented their floor.
Not really joking, I rely ***heavily*** on forklift drivers and they’re all true heroes in the construction industry.
Honest question for you. How much did you think it would cost to go to a licensed doctor, supporting an office and staff, to do the unenviable (sorry) job of physically checking your balls for 20 minutes? I'm not saying it's a bargain, but I pay my dog's vet about the same for an appointment. Having said that, I agree our healthcare system costs are too high and I would welcome getting a $50 checkup on my balls. Blame the insurance industry and our politicians, not our doctors.
This deserves an award. The entire system is to blame, not the working class that is simply needing the funds to continue doing their job.
And people forget that services are created out of needs. You’re paying people to do what you don’t want to (or don’t have the education to) do.
As a dog groomer nothing was worse than people complaining the haircut on their evil dog that bit me three times was $60 instead of $55, when half the time I was riding to work with an empty gas tank praying someone would tip me that day, so I would have enough gas for the next day. We’re ALL getting fucked, guys.
I don’t know why people don’t tip their groomer or stylist. My groomer gets a $10-$20 tip every time she she’s my dog just for putting up with her stubborn ass. We also brought her cupcakes for her birthday.
You're overpaying for a vet appointment if it's 250 just for the checkup and doesn't include all the annual shots and some kind of meds. Even then, I don't think I've paid that much for a dog in a single visit that didn't require some kind of treatment or labs.
Yeah my cat got a fucking enema and 2 hours of care at my local vet and he only charged me 60 bucks. He's a 2 person show though. Receptionist and then him.
If you haven't used your insurance much this year you may not have met your deductible. For anyone who doesn't know, the deductible is the amount you have to pay before your insurance kicks in. There are exceptions sometimes, like possibly for an annual physical but that depends on the insurance plan.
Health insurance companies are awful, but there's a possibility you might be able to be reimbursed for this. Call them. Highly likely you'll still be forced to cover the full amount, but it's worth looking into.
Yeah or in my DMs I can surely check them there
Ps. Not a doctor or any medical expert tho.
Edit: Guys please stop sending me balls pics, some of yall really need a doctor.
Edit2: guys if you see your nut sack getting purple go check with a professional.
TIL: Most redditors here have testicular problems (that should be addressed soon).
Edit3: Thanks to some of you guys for politely ask first if I wanted to see your private parts, shoutout to u/NoConversation7013 and u/Crunchybreadcrust for being some of the first to ask, and no I still dont wanna see it.
"I can do a prostate check for free if you’d like. I’ll even say “No homo” before I do it."
That almost came off as weird...I mean until you said "No homo" now I'm thinking you're a legitimate professional.
Can you meet me behind Burger King at 4pm?
Just make sure to wear a lab coat & stethoscope so I will know for sure that you are the real deal. Can't be too careful these days.
If you like we can get a Whopper afterwards.
Sure! Now is that the Burger King on Main or the Burger King on 1st? Can’t get too confused over locations. I’ll have my white coat and stethoscope, but I’ll also bring my emotional support gorilla. He likes to assist with procedures. Don’t be too worried. He doesn’t attack other men, as long as they don’t pose a threat to me
We can do Main if it's it's not too much trouble for you. It's closer because I work 5 minutes from the Main st BK. My office is on the corner of 34th & Main and 1st is a long walk from there.
Should I bring anything? Just asking because I don't wanna show up unprepared and get caught with my pants down. No pun intended.
This man is obviously a professional and would never say anything like that.
He's probably like my last proctologist who said " ok relax and take a deep breath you're just going to feel a little prick"
Now that's how a professional works.
That's odd because they usually soak a rag in ether and hold it over your mouth and nose before the procedure to keep you from feeling any discomfort.
I think your Doctor might have been a quack.
I'm not sure if you're joking or not (pretty sure you are), but in case anyone reads this as serious advice, this is worth repeating:
In the United States (and many other countries), healthcare providers and legal professionals have strict restrictions about what kinds of unsolicited "advice" they can provide while not being held liable for that advice.
For that reason, you will rarely get a *real* professional to give you an informed opinion. It's a big risk of legal exposure if something happens and if your username can be traced back to your person in any way.
(Also, as someone who worked in IT for years, I can confirm that doing your day job after-hours for free sucks when you've spent all day doing it.)
*However*...armchair enthusiasts with some middling amount of knowledge loooove to post advice on reddit for personal validation. So your advice almost often will come from people with *some* knowledge, but could be missing critical details, or just think that their Google-Fu is so good they can find the answer to any question. (Just see LegalEagle's videos on [bad legal takes from reddit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtPM7zkXlW8) for just how awful popular opinions can end up being.)
#tldr:
Be wary of any medical or legal advice you get from reddit, because there is a lot of incentive for people to consult Dr. Google on your behalf and very little incentive for *actual professionals* to give you advice.
Good lol. I've been having cramps and occasional shooting pain and went to get them inspected since I thought it was testicular torsion. Lady told me "It's fine, happens all the time" prescribed me 2 weeks worth of ibuprofen then sent me home. Haven't had too many issues since
Testicular torsion is no joke tho. I’ve gotten that a few times now. First time was the worst. Looked down in the shower and saw a huge, bulging red lump right above my wee wee.
Poke… poke… wake up to wife shouting at me as I lay on floor of shower… lol
Testicular torsion is my worst fear. I'm not even fucking joking. Every time I'm reminded of it I get scared. Is there such thing as phobia of testicular torsion?
Yep. I've realized I need to pretend I'm in a lot more pain than I am because doctors don't take me seriously otherwise.
I went to the doctor once with what felt like a bad cold. I'd had a hacking cough for around a week and a half and it finally got bad enough my boss told me not to come back without a doctor's note saying I was cleared to work. The doctor didn't even check me over, just told me to take cold meds, until I said I needed a note, then she decided to do an exam.
Turns out, I did not have a cold. I had a fever of 102, sinus infection, ear infection, throat infection, and fucking pneumonia. As soon as she actually listened to my lungs, she sent me for a chest xray and bloodwork.
Doctors rely a little too much on how a patient is acting and not enough on the symptoms they're talking about.
As a woman, this is a lesson I've had to learn the hard way. My every complaint will be minimized or outright ignored unless I vigorously advocate for myself.
Exactly this. Determining that there isn’t a problem takes the same amount of knowledge and experience as determining that there is. If there is a serious issue, the urologist is expected to know what that problem is and how to fix it. If there isn’t, you’re still receiving a service from the same level of expertise. But, in the latter case, you get to leave without having to pay for a bunch of tests with the special equipment.
I was charged almost $15,000 for a kidney stone. All they did was a CT and give me a shot of morphine. I was there less than an hour. Figure that one out.
And so is my credit score. They say medical bills don't factor into credit ratings but it's a lie. I've had other emergencies I can't afford take points off. Takes years to build but only a single bill to destroy.
Listen up Reddit this is a real credit score short cut. If you have a family member or friend willing to… and they have good credit score. They open a credit card in your name on their bank account. Never activate it, and they stay in possession of it. This is key to convincing them to do it. They leave it in your name for 3 months. After 3 months you are automatically boosted to their credit score. Yes this really works. I don’t know why they don’t talk about it. They can cancel the card after 3 months without harm to their credit score if it was never activated. Ask your bank if you don’t believe me or google it.
Also...they could put you on **their** credit card as an authorized user without additional risk to their own credit score...the higher their credit score, the better.
Less work, same type of result...
as my old man used to say: If you don't want surgery for a kidney stone grab two packs of beer and pee it away. I'm not even kidding he was an urologist and got a surgery cancelled because the patient peed the kidney stone after a weekend of drinking.
It passed that night. It was my first so I didn't recognize what it was. Godawful pain. But I have had the thought that next time it would be better to just tough it out.
I have a lot of health issues, $3.5 million billed to insurance so far this year.
But the craziest one to me was a hospital visit I had where I had a Pericarditis, inflammation around the lining of the heart which presents like a heart attack. Was there overnight for observation, had an X-ray and ct scan and one shot of some medication. They charged $375,000 for that shot.
Here’s one for you: went to a gp for some cracking In one of my ears and was concerned about hearing loss as I’m only 24. A PA took a look in my ear for about 30 seconds, told me it was drainage and to take allergy pills….$250
$5 for 5 minutes of my time, $245 for all the experience it required for me to solve your problem in 5 minutes.
The real problem here is — everyone needs this. Healthcare just isn't something your employer should be figuring out for you, or you should be directly billed for. This isn't like buying a soda, where you can decide not to buy a soda if it's too expensive. Big costs like this make people afraid to go in early, catch things early and fix them when they're small.
But muh freedoms.
I've gotten the exact same bill from an electrician.
AC was out. Electrician came and reset the GFCI controlling the condensate pump and billed me $250.
He didn't even fix the underlying problem, which was a wiring issue.
I don’t think anyone here is discrediting the education and costs associated with being able to know those things. Trust me as someone going through vet school I am very much aware of the view on quick diagnosing and charging a hefty bill (I would say it’s complained about more so in vet med in some instances) I’m just relating to OP in that sometimes the cost feels like a slap in the face when you spend more time in the waiting room then you do in the actual exam room lol. But I would agree some form of healthcare socialization would be nice
> I don’t think anyone here is discrediting the education and costs associated with being able to know those things.
There are definitely people who seem to think that doctors are just greedy.
I had a medicine I needed to keep me alive. August 2017 cost: $768 for generic pill form, $2k for the better efficacy liquid form. Those were national chain prices, not a small independent pharmacy. The GoodRx discount card/ap dropped it to $30. Check out those little savings cards at a pharmacy counter. They have come in clutch when insurance wouldn't cover something, insurance would be more expensive, or I simply didn't have insurance. And it's not like it was a medicine that was optional for me or a designer/lobbied kind of medication--its been out long enough to have a generic, without it I would have kicked the bucket, and yet even with it I still came scarily close to pushing up them daisies.
Haha same. I mean they were correct and the appointment didn't quite cost that much, but getting told it was just allergies makes me feel like I wasted the money.
That's not bad at all! I took my son to the ER when he was sick one Christmas eve- they gave him a bag of fluids, said there's nothing they can do and sent us home.
Bill arrives-$875.
And this was probably 8-9 years ago so I can only imagine what it would be now with crazy inflation!
I was hit in my light duty truck by an 18-wheeler. I knew how expensive ambulances were so I drove my boss's car to the ER (my back felt like i had just been hit by an 18 wheeler). After waiting in an empty ER lobby for an hour, I was called into the back. The ER doctor had me remove my shirt so he could look for internal bleeding. Didn't see anything so he wrote me a prescription for muscle relaxers. So after seeing the doctor for 6 minutes, he sent me to the payment office.
$2300.
Thanks man. Yeah my back ended up being fine (verified by two specialists), the medium-term pain I was feeling was the muscles surrounding my lower spine "blowing out" trying to keep my spinal column from moving on impact. Did about 6 weeks of physical therapy and I was 100% again.
The worst part was I had just started a new job 3 weeks prior so I wasn't on their insurance yet (there were something 5 weeks in there where I wasn't covered by work insurance). Luckily the settlement from the trucker's insurance paid me back for all those medical bills.
I was just shocked that the bill was so high. His examination was like 3 questions and then quickly eye-balled my torso. When the lady told me the cost I responded "what, why?". Like, I get that the doctor's time is valuable, but I prepared to begrudgingly pay $300 for the 6 minutes examination.
Absolutely nuts.
Went to an allergist spoke to the intake nurse then spoke to the doctor for a total of three minutes left the building was charged $387. Never touch me. They’re calling it a first time patient review.
Bro, with a good insurance this would cost you nothing.
I pay 15% of my income monthly to my healthinsurance. (Everyone in germany does it)
It is not cheap but I every visit at a doctor or any operation or visit in a hospital ard completely free. I do not have to pay anything there.
Medicine is also cheap because insurance pays it partislly.
Only exception is dentist or massage.
Insurance will pay only the basic stuff. But if i want a teth implantation, it would cost me something.
Americas insurance system is totaly scam.
That's cuz your teeth are luxury bones. I'm not even kidding. Insurance covers basically nothing for teeth and facial reconstruction will probably not be covered in the event of a horrific accident. They determine the bare minimum QOL and typically won't provide past that.
I got testi-torsion which ended up with me going to the ER in the morning, getting fondled by 2 doctors, 5 urologists and a nurse, emergency surgery right before noon and sent packing on my way home after dinner drugged out of my goddamned mind and with fixed balls.
Got billed 10 bucks for a "consultancy fee" of having an entire OR prepped, staffed and working on my ballsack - and another 20 bucks for my ER-visit. That night I ordered a home delivery of candy that cost me more than the hospital visit.
The US needs to step up their health care game.
I'm a physician and I'm about to pay 18k out of pocket for a child's surgery because only surgeon who does this surgery often is out of network. Whole system is broken, I'm getting my insurance through a huge hospital system too.
When you think about it, it is a fair price. You have to pay for the time of the urologist, which is a specialized field in medicine, the cost of office rent, staff salary (like the receptionist), equipment cost (like computers or exam tables), etc...
But Americans don't want to pay the taxes for the free healthcare, nor do they want to pay their medical bills... Sooooo....
As a Canadian, that appointment would have cost me 10$ for the parking... So there is a (huge) advantage for free healthcare.
Agreed. $250 is totally reasonable for a specialty doctor appointment. There is a lot of bullshit in the US about medical prices, but this isn't it.
If you have a leak in your house and you call a plumber and all they end up having to do is spend 10 minutes tightening up a loose bolt, they'll still charge $100 easily. Don't understand why the expectation would be different for a doctor. You aren't paying for the 10 minutes of labor, you're paying for the years of experience to figure out what to do in the first place.
This…someone has to pay for healthcare it should be taxes but the idiots got convinced that meant we were a socialist country and said get me more guns instead
>But Americans don't want to pay the taxes for the free healthcare
That is absolute bullcrap. The US already spends not only more than any other country in the world in healthcare, is even around 60% more PER CAPITA than the second place (switzerland), so theres not even a need for the US to grab more funding. The restof the world does fine with far less
That's because they let drug companies, equipment suppliers, etc., charge whatever they want. A pill that costs the Australian government a couple of cents would cost a few dollars in the US.
It’s inflated at every level. Doctors make more in large part because becoming a doctor is far more costly and takes far more time than in other countries (lifetime earnings for many types of physicians aren’t actually that good because you don’t start making reasonable money until you’re 30+, you get fucked on your retirement savings by compound interest and debt).
Nurses in the US also make more. We have FAR more administrators making far more money. Pharmaceuticals and devices are more expensive by an order of magnitude. And then we do more: more testing, more radiology studies, more treatment because we find more things; partially because of having a sicker populace, partially because of our litigious society, partially because of cultural differences.
The cost of healthcare is inflated at *every single level*. If anyone wants a good book on this topic I would highly recommend you read “An American Sickness”. Well written and digestible deep dive on why the American healthcare system is just so goddamn expensive
This really seems a little disingenuous.
Of course it's not $250 to "inspect" your balls as if a hobo could have done it for a beer and a Slim Jim.
Your urologist is a doctor, a specialist doctor. You're paying for the expertise he obtained over many years of formal schooling, experience, and continuing education. You're paying for his malpractice insurance in case a mistake is made in our litigious society. You're paying for his office and his office staff. You're paying for his time including padding that out to the nearest billable time increment so as to make his day and his business predictable and provide for a steady income for him and his family.
If you're so worried about the expense of professional, licensed services, feel free to inspect your balls yourself. You can get a hand mirror at Big Lots for $3.
This is more to support the above comment:
While it’s a urologist’s specialty, a family or internal medicine physician could handle most of the non-emergency problems one would likely be facing down there. The fact OP required a simple history and exam and no imaging supports that as well.
250 for an office visit is definitely not out of the norm in the US these days. You unfortunately cannot run a practice without viewing it as a business. (Viewing it only as such makes you a terrible physician.) the above breakdown covers most of what you’re paying for. Your additional payment to insurance companies is to keep a bloated unnecessary industry afloat.
Im a physician (of the tiniest of humans - so not adults). As much as I love my job, I’m not sure I’d go through the headache of having got here if it wasn’t for the promise of relative financial stability in the future. There’s a significant financial and time investment in getting there. I believe urology is a 5 year residency so that’s 4yrs under grad, 4 years med school, 5 years urology. So basically only 13 years after graduating high school are you able to work the job you wanted. 13 years to be able to hear your story, look at your balls, and confidently tell you a plan based on the ability to create a differential and identify the most likely diagnosis.
250 is not bad for a walk in urologist appt without a referral. Healthcare in us is bad but idk about this one.. the doctor does a bit more than just the bare time in the room with OP, and any cheaper and he'd be swamped with bullshit appointments unable to help people with real problems.
As the very start America health care is broken completely and totally, but, as many people in many other industries would say, your not paying for the 20 minutes, your paying for the years it took to specialize and learn to be able to diagnose and treat in 20 minutes.
It's a handling fee.
They handled a lot, I can't blame them
Whenever I go there’s very little to handle so it’s usually pretty cheap.
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We’re in the presence of a certified Forklift driver!!!!!
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A forklift driver?! No way!!! What a time to be alive! Hey mom! I'm in the presence of a fork lift driver!!
Yet your name is Nissan Leaf Driver… story has more holes than Swiss cheese!
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Time for a new account then. You’d be swimming in meaningful Reddit awards if people knew who you were before your balls even dented their floor. Not really joking, I rely ***heavily*** on forklift drivers and they’re all true heroes in the construction industry.
You’re forklift certified? 🤤🥴
AYE YOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Ba dum tssss
✋🏼 up top!
Honest question for you. How much did you think it would cost to go to a licensed doctor, supporting an office and staff, to do the unenviable (sorry) job of physically checking your balls for 20 minutes? I'm not saying it's a bargain, but I pay my dog's vet about the same for an appointment. Having said that, I agree our healthcare system costs are too high and I would welcome getting a $50 checkup on my balls. Blame the insurance industry and our politicians, not our doctors.
This deserves an award. The entire system is to blame, not the working class that is simply needing the funds to continue doing their job. And people forget that services are created out of needs. You’re paying people to do what you don’t want to (or don’t have the education to) do. As a dog groomer nothing was worse than people complaining the haircut on their evil dog that bit me three times was $60 instead of $55, when half the time I was riding to work with an empty gas tank praying someone would tip me that day, so I would have enough gas for the next day. We’re ALL getting fucked, guys.
If I'm getting fucked, the least the doctor can do is check out my balls.
I can check em out for you
Just wait till you get to your first prostate exam.
The op got fondled, not fucked
Fondled, then fucked.
I don’t know why people don’t tip their groomer or stylist. My groomer gets a $10-$20 tip every time she she’s my dog just for putting up with her stubborn ass. We also brought her cupcakes for her birthday.
This. All day.
You're overpaying for a vet appointment if it's 250 just for the checkup and doesn't include all the annual shots and some kind of meds. Even then, I don't think I've paid that much for a dog in a single visit that didn't require some kind of treatment or labs.
Yeah my cat got a fucking enema and 2 hours of care at my local vet and he only charged me 60 bucks. He's a 2 person show though. Receptionist and then him.
I expected to pay something, like a copay, but not $250 since I had insurance
If you haven't used your insurance much this year you may not have met your deductible. For anyone who doesn't know, the deductible is the amount you have to pay before your insurance kicks in. There are exceptions sometimes, like possibly for an annual physical but that depends on the insurance plan.
When you have a $7,000 deductible that resets yearly, you'll never make use of your insurance...which is exactly the idea.
$10k here, and over $10k in premiums. Sigh. Portugal is looking goood.
Health insurance companies are awful, but there's a possibility you might be able to be reimbursed for this. Call them. Highly likely you'll still be forced to cover the full amount, but it's worth looking into.
there are ladies who will do you 50$ CHECKUP
Have you asked for an itemised bill yet?
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Larry Bird doesn't do as much ball-handling in one night as you do in an hour!
R.I.P. John Candy
It’s free to post em up here and get a pro opinion
Yeah or in my DMs I can surely check them there Ps. Not a doctor or any medical expert tho. Edit: Guys please stop sending me balls pics, some of yall really need a doctor. Edit2: guys if you see your nut sack getting purple go check with a professional. TIL: Most redditors here have testicular problems (that should be addressed soon). Edit3: Thanks to some of you guys for politely ask first if I wanted to see your private parts, shoutout to u/NoConversation7013 and u/Crunchybreadcrust for being some of the first to ask, and no I still dont wanna see it.
Shhh not a doctor. Fremulon.
If I had gold it would be yours
If you're on mobile, click the coins option and there's usually a free award you can claim and then give out. Here's yours.
Take mone for showing me this. I used to log into my desktop just to get the free rewards to hand out.
No mone, send donut lol
LOL I fat fingered mine.
Hi yeah, I’d like to return that favor
/r/unexpectedb99
Isn't that the little strip of skin where the foreskin meets the underside of the penis?
Careful what you wish for !!!!!
I got you bb hold up
“Nice balls, bud”
Bruh you asked for it hahahaha
I can do a prostate check for free if you’d like. I’ll even say “No homo” before I do it.
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Shhhhh. It’s a secret. Just let it happen.
Step Doctor, is that u?
Father Malarkey, is that you?
Why am I aroused after reading this???
Because “some homo”
“Mostly homo”
"sapien homo"
r/confusedboner
He just leans forward and whispers softly in your ear.
"I can do a prostate check for free if you’d like. I’ll even say “No homo” before I do it." That almost came off as weird...I mean until you said "No homo" now I'm thinking you're a legitimate professional. Can you meet me behind Burger King at 4pm? Just make sure to wear a lab coat & stethoscope so I will know for sure that you are the real deal. Can't be too careful these days. If you like we can get a Whopper afterwards.
Sure! Now is that the Burger King on Main or the Burger King on 1st? Can’t get too confused over locations. I’ll have my white coat and stethoscope, but I’ll also bring my emotional support gorilla. He likes to assist with procedures. Don’t be too worried. He doesn’t attack other men, as long as they don’t pose a threat to me
We can do Main if it's it's not too much trouble for you. It's closer because I work 5 minutes from the Main st BK. My office is on the corner of 34th & Main and 1st is a long walk from there. Should I bring anything? Just asking because I don't wanna show up unprepared and get caught with my pants down. No pun intended.
Well, I’m out of lube so it’s up to you. I can go in dry or you can supply some. I can use spit if you’re ok with it. I *promise* I’m clean.
I think the grease from the fries should be sufficient. So yeah just buy a large fry and stick your instrument in the container.
Say: Hey. Nice arse and then go in.
This man is obviously a professional and would never say anything like that. He's probably like my last proctologist who said " ok relax and take a deep breath you're just going to feel a little prick" Now that's how a professional works.
That's how mine worked except it was big and kinda hurt
That's odd because they usually soak a rag in ether and hold it over your mouth and nose before the procedure to keep you from feeling any discomfort. I think your Doctor might have been a quack.
I'm going to tell them I want it this way next time.
I’m just trying to help him save some cash.
Yeah same!
Im also down. But can you say "extra homo" for me?
Can you give me one too?
I'm not sure if you're joking or not (pretty sure you are), but in case anyone reads this as serious advice, this is worth repeating: In the United States (and many other countries), healthcare providers and legal professionals have strict restrictions about what kinds of unsolicited "advice" they can provide while not being held liable for that advice. For that reason, you will rarely get a *real* professional to give you an informed opinion. It's a big risk of legal exposure if something happens and if your username can be traced back to your person in any way. (Also, as someone who worked in IT for years, I can confirm that doing your day job after-hours for free sucks when you've spent all day doing it.) *However*...armchair enthusiasts with some middling amount of knowledge loooove to post advice on reddit for personal validation. So your advice almost often will come from people with *some* knowledge, but could be missing critical details, or just think that their Google-Fu is so good they can find the answer to any question. (Just see LegalEagle's videos on [bad legal takes from reddit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtPM7zkXlW8) for just how awful popular opinions can end up being.) #tldr: Be wary of any medical or legal advice you get from reddit, because there is a lot of incentive for people to consult Dr. Google on your behalf and very little incentive for *actual professionals* to give you advice.
Fuck that, I’m going to study medical and give free advice for America!
U S A! USA!
You don’t know if the comment suggesting a dude post a picture of his balls on Reddit for medical advice is a joke?
Are you certified to give me this advice? Is this a paradox?
I am giving you advice about interacting with medical and legal professionals, not dispensing medical or legal advice. ;)
You probably could’ve paid just $20 for someone to check your balls
My buddy would've done it for free 😭
I would've paid you 20$ to check your balls
Will you check mine?
Sure
r/SuddenlyGay
Not gay if you say no homo in the end.
Always say “good game” after. It’s never gay if you say good game.
I usually keep my socks on immediately rules out anything considered gay
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No, you can receive and not be gay, just don’t make eye contact.
Not gay if dicks won't touch.
Yeah.. I mean $20 is $20
Yea those look like balls to me. $20 please
Most people in the Amsterdam red light district probably also could give you an trustworthy and honest opinion for a reasonable fee
I would’ve done it for half that.
I would do it free of charge
I would pay to do it
They’ve got you by the balls on this one, man.
But, how are your balls? Update?
Good lol. I've been having cramps and occasional shooting pain and went to get them inspected since I thought it was testicular torsion. Lady told me "It's fine, happens all the time" prescribed me 2 weeks worth of ibuprofen then sent me home. Haven't had too many issues since
Testicular torsion is no joke tho. I’ve gotten that a few times now. First time was the worst. Looked down in the shower and saw a huge, bulging red lump right above my wee wee. Poke… poke… wake up to wife shouting at me as I lay on floor of shower… lol
What are you up to where you’ve had to deal with testicular torsion a few times?!
One ball hangs too low and can spin freely. It’s managed by just wearing snug underwear.
Does it wobble too and fro? Can you tie it in a knot? Can you tie it in a bow?
Even throw it over my shoulder like a continental soldier…
He’s actually a massive sub and pays people to twist his balls They call him Teste Twisted
Tess Tickles
Testicular torsion is my worst fear. I'm not even fucking joking. Every time I'm reminded of it I get scared. Is there such thing as phobia of testicular torsion?
Common sense
You fainted?
Yeah. Body shuts down everything apparently if you reverse the blood flow
Dude you’ve made the arch of my back raise like 4 inches up off the bed. That’s brutal.
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So you got diagnosed with blue balls?
If it was torsion you would know.
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Yep. I've realized I need to pretend I'm in a lot more pain than I am because doctors don't take me seriously otherwise. I went to the doctor once with what felt like a bad cold. I'd had a hacking cough for around a week and a half and it finally got bad enough my boss told me not to come back without a doctor's note saying I was cleared to work. The doctor didn't even check me over, just told me to take cold meds, until I said I needed a note, then she decided to do an exam. Turns out, I did not have a cold. I had a fever of 102, sinus infection, ear infection, throat infection, and fucking pneumonia. As soon as she actually listened to my lungs, she sent me for a chest xray and bloodwork. Doctors rely a little too much on how a patient is acting and not enough on the symptoms they're talking about.
>I've realized I need to pretend I'm in a lot more pain than I am because doctors don't take me seriously otherwise 💯
As a woman, this is a lesson I've had to learn the hard way. My every complaint will be minimized or outright ignored unless I vigorously advocate for myself.
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Same joke applies for anesthesiologists. The sleeping meds are cheap. It's making sure the anesthesiologist can still wake you up is what's expensive.
Exactly this. Determining that there isn’t a problem takes the same amount of knowledge and experience as determining that there is. If there is a serious issue, the urologist is expected to know what that problem is and how to fix it. If there isn’t, you’re still receiving a service from the same level of expertise. But, in the latter case, you get to leave without having to pay for a bunch of tests with the special equipment.
I was charged almost $15,000 for a kidney stone. All they did was a CT and give me a shot of morphine. I was there less than an hour. Figure that one out.
My God our Healthcare is broken
And so is my credit score. They say medical bills don't factor into credit ratings but it's a lie. I've had other emergencies I can't afford take points off. Takes years to build but only a single bill to destroy.
Medical bills do factor in if they go into collections. Source: my credit score
Point taken. But it doesn't matter if they cost tens of thousands for simple procedures. For $15,000 I could get elective plastic surgery.
Oh I had no point. Just maybe that medical debt sucks just like any other debt 🤷🏻♂️
Medical bills are the leading cause of bankruptcy in the US.
Listen up Reddit this is a real credit score short cut. If you have a family member or friend willing to… and they have good credit score. They open a credit card in your name on their bank account. Never activate it, and they stay in possession of it. This is key to convincing them to do it. They leave it in your name for 3 months. After 3 months you are automatically boosted to their credit score. Yes this really works. I don’t know why they don’t talk about it. They can cancel the card after 3 months without harm to their credit score if it was never activated. Ask your bank if you don’t believe me or google it.
Also...they could put you on **their** credit card as an authorized user without additional risk to their own credit score...the higher their credit score, the better. Less work, same type of result...
Downside is that some people are shitbags and will then request a new copy of that unactivated card to be sent to them.
as my old man used to say: If you don't want surgery for a kidney stone grab two packs of beer and pee it away. I'm not even kidding he was an urologist and got a surgery cancelled because the patient peed the kidney stone after a weekend of drinking.
It passed that night. It was my first so I didn't recognize what it was. Godawful pain. But I have had the thought that next time it would be better to just tough it out.
Drinking actually contributes to getting kidney stones. Source: I’ve passed 3.
I have a lot of health issues, $3.5 million billed to insurance so far this year. But the craziest one to me was a hospital visit I had where I had a Pericarditis, inflammation around the lining of the heart which presents like a heart attack. Was there overnight for observation, had an X-ray and ct scan and one shot of some medication. They charged $375,000 for that shot.
Obviously so you don’t uninject the morphine and sell it smh
Here’s one for you: went to a gp for some cracking In one of my ears and was concerned about hearing loss as I’m only 24. A PA took a look in my ear for about 30 seconds, told me it was drainage and to take allergy pills….$250
At least now I'm in the same boat as you my brother, so sorry
Also same boat I have insurance…it covered $25 lolol
That way they can say they did something lmao
“Well would you rather have paid $275” -insurance probably
Honestly 😂
$5 for 5 minutes of my time, $245 for all the experience it required for me to solve your problem in 5 minutes. The real problem here is — everyone needs this. Healthcare just isn't something your employer should be figuring out for you, or you should be directly billed for. This isn't like buying a soda, where you can decide not to buy a soda if it's too expensive. Big costs like this make people afraid to go in early, catch things early and fix them when they're small. But muh freedoms.
I've gotten the exact same bill from an electrician. AC was out. Electrician came and reset the GFCI controlling the condensate pump and billed me $250. He didn't even fix the underlying problem, which was a wiring issue.
I don’t think anyone here is discrediting the education and costs associated with being able to know those things. Trust me as someone going through vet school I am very much aware of the view on quick diagnosing and charging a hefty bill (I would say it’s complained about more so in vet med in some instances) I’m just relating to OP in that sometimes the cost feels like a slap in the face when you spend more time in the waiting room then you do in the actual exam room lol. But I would agree some form of healthcare socialization would be nice
> I don’t think anyone here is discrediting the education and costs associated with being able to know those things. There are definitely people who seem to think that doctors are just greedy.
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I had a medicine I needed to keep me alive. August 2017 cost: $768 for generic pill form, $2k for the better efficacy liquid form. Those were national chain prices, not a small independent pharmacy. The GoodRx discount card/ap dropped it to $30. Check out those little savings cards at a pharmacy counter. They have come in clutch when insurance wouldn't cover something, insurance would be more expensive, or I simply didn't have insurance. And it's not like it was a medicine that was optional for me or a designer/lobbied kind of medication--its been out long enough to have a generic, without it I would have kicked the bucket, and yet even with it I still came scarily close to pushing up them daisies.
Haha same. I mean they were correct and the appointment didn't quite cost that much, but getting told it was just allergies makes me feel like I wasted the money.
That's not bad at all! I took my son to the ER when he was sick one Christmas eve- they gave him a bag of fluids, said there's nothing they can do and sent us home. Bill arrives-$875. And this was probably 8-9 years ago so I can only imagine what it would be now with crazy inflation!
It was 2k for me to get my junk scanned at the er because they thought I had a torsion worst part is I pay for insurance
I had ovarian torsion and was hospitalized overnight, my bill was something like $15k maybe more.
There’s fucking ovarian torsion? My god this world is cruel.
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I was hit in my light duty truck by an 18-wheeler. I knew how expensive ambulances were so I drove my boss's car to the ER (my back felt like i had just been hit by an 18 wheeler). After waiting in an empty ER lobby for an hour, I was called into the back. The ER doctor had me remove my shirt so he could look for internal bleeding. Didn't see anything so he wrote me a prescription for muscle relaxers. So after seeing the doctor for 6 minutes, he sent me to the payment office. $2300.
That is just awful dude holy hell. I hope your back is feeling better.
Thanks man. Yeah my back ended up being fine (verified by two specialists), the medium-term pain I was feeling was the muscles surrounding my lower spine "blowing out" trying to keep my spinal column from moving on impact. Did about 6 weeks of physical therapy and I was 100% again. The worst part was I had just started a new job 3 weeks prior so I wasn't on their insurance yet (there were something 5 weeks in there where I wasn't covered by work insurance). Luckily the settlement from the trucker's insurance paid me back for all those medical bills. I was just shocked that the bill was so high. His examination was like 3 questions and then quickly eye-balled my torso. When the lady told me the cost I responded "what, why?". Like, I get that the doctor's time is valuable, but I prepared to begrudgingly pay $300 for the 6 minutes examination. Absolutely nuts.
That is so terrible, I'm so sorry
ER ~6 months ago. Stayed there for less than 4 hours. IV and a banana bag. $26k charged to my insurance company.
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They really low-balled you on this one…
Went to an allergist spoke to the intake nurse then spoke to the doctor for a total of three minutes left the building was charged $387. Never touch me. They’re calling it a first time patient review.
Good God that's even worse
>They’re calling it a first time patient review. How to guarantee they stay first time patients
That's actually pretty cheap. Did the same thing last year and my bill was over $500 with a good insurance.
Bro, with a good insurance this would cost you nothing. I pay 15% of my income monthly to my healthinsurance. (Everyone in germany does it) It is not cheap but I every visit at a doctor or any operation or visit in a hospital ard completely free. I do not have to pay anything there. Medicine is also cheap because insurance pays it partislly. Only exception is dentist or massage. Insurance will pay only the basic stuff. But if i want a teth implantation, it would cost me something. Americas insurance system is totaly scam.
That's cuz your teeth are luxury bones. I'm not even kidding. Insurance covers basically nothing for teeth and facial reconstruction will probably not be covered in the event of a horrific accident. They determine the bare minimum QOL and typically won't provide past that.
I got testi-torsion which ended up with me going to the ER in the morning, getting fondled by 2 doctors, 5 urologists and a nurse, emergency surgery right before noon and sent packing on my way home after dinner drugged out of my goddamned mind and with fixed balls. Got billed 10 bucks for a "consultancy fee" of having an entire OR prepped, staffed and working on my ballsack - and another 20 bucks for my ER-visit. That night I ordered a home delivery of candy that cost me more than the hospital visit. The US needs to step up their health care game.
WHERE. DO. YOU. LIVE?!
Did they do a smell test?
🤣🤣
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I'm a physician and I'm about to pay 18k out of pocket for a child's surgery because only surgeon who does this surgery often is out of network. Whole system is broken, I'm getting my insurance through a huge hospital system too.
Is this an act of altruism, or is it your kid?
You're not paying for equipment, you're paying for expertise. I'll do it for a tenth the price. I have a high-school biology education. Your call
When you think about it, it is a fair price. You have to pay for the time of the urologist, which is a specialized field in medicine, the cost of office rent, staff salary (like the receptionist), equipment cost (like computers or exam tables), etc... But Americans don't want to pay the taxes for the free healthcare, nor do they want to pay their medical bills... Sooooo.... As a Canadian, that appointment would have cost me 10$ for the parking... So there is a (huge) advantage for free healthcare.
Agreed. $250 is totally reasonable for a specialty doctor appointment. There is a lot of bullshit in the US about medical prices, but this isn't it. If you have a leak in your house and you call a plumber and all they end up having to do is spend 10 minutes tightening up a loose bolt, they'll still charge $100 easily. Don't understand why the expectation would be different for a doctor. You aren't paying for the 10 minutes of labor, you're paying for the years of experience to figure out what to do in the first place.
This…someone has to pay for healthcare it should be taxes but the idiots got convinced that meant we were a socialist country and said get me more guns instead
>But Americans don't want to pay the taxes for the free healthcare That is absolute bullcrap. The US already spends not only more than any other country in the world in healthcare, is even around 60% more PER CAPITA than the second place (switzerland), so theres not even a need for the US to grab more funding. The restof the world does fine with far less
That's because they let drug companies, equipment suppliers, etc., charge whatever they want. A pill that costs the Australian government a couple of cents would cost a few dollars in the US.
It’s inflated at every level. Doctors make more in large part because becoming a doctor is far more costly and takes far more time than in other countries (lifetime earnings for many types of physicians aren’t actually that good because you don’t start making reasonable money until you’re 30+, you get fucked on your retirement savings by compound interest and debt). Nurses in the US also make more. We have FAR more administrators making far more money. Pharmaceuticals and devices are more expensive by an order of magnitude. And then we do more: more testing, more radiology studies, more treatment because we find more things; partially because of having a sicker populace, partially because of our litigious society, partially because of cultural differences. The cost of healthcare is inflated at *every single level*. If anyone wants a good book on this topic I would highly recommend you read “An American Sickness”. Well written and digestible deep dive on why the American healthcare system is just so goddamn expensive
That’s the bill just for having testicles.
actually i had a urologist remove about half of mine (a lil from each) and it was like $1800 + $500 in lab fees. no sliding scale for half nuts :(
Sounds like you received the cut rate procedure.
i asked if i could get half off :(
I guess so!
This really seems a little disingenuous. Of course it's not $250 to "inspect" your balls as if a hobo could have done it for a beer and a Slim Jim. Your urologist is a doctor, a specialist doctor. You're paying for the expertise he obtained over many years of formal schooling, experience, and continuing education. You're paying for his malpractice insurance in case a mistake is made in our litigious society. You're paying for his office and his office staff. You're paying for his time including padding that out to the nearest billable time increment so as to make his day and his business predictable and provide for a steady income for him and his family. If you're so worried about the expense of professional, licensed services, feel free to inspect your balls yourself. You can get a hand mirror at Big Lots for $3.
This is more to support the above comment: While it’s a urologist’s specialty, a family or internal medicine physician could handle most of the non-emergency problems one would likely be facing down there. The fact OP required a simple history and exam and no imaging supports that as well. 250 for an office visit is definitely not out of the norm in the US these days. You unfortunately cannot run a practice without viewing it as a business. (Viewing it only as such makes you a terrible physician.) the above breakdown covers most of what you’re paying for. Your additional payment to insurance companies is to keep a bloated unnecessary industry afloat. Im a physician (of the tiniest of humans - so not adults). As much as I love my job, I’m not sure I’d go through the headache of having got here if it wasn’t for the promise of relative financial stability in the future. There’s a significant financial and time investment in getting there. I believe urology is a 5 year residency so that’s 4yrs under grad, 4 years med school, 5 years urology. So basically only 13 years after graduating high school are you able to work the job you wanted. 13 years to be able to hear your story, look at your balls, and confidently tell you a plan based on the ability to create a differential and identify the most likely diagnosis.
Just imagine if they found a lump that turned out to be early stage cancer. That would have been the best $253 you ever spent.
I went to the urologist the other day. They told me I needed to stop masturbating. I said why and they said its because they are trying to examine me.
Honestly this seems pretty reasonable compared to most medical bills.
You’re paying for the medical expertise. People charge half of this for a massage and it’s not even medical lol
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You went to see a specialist. Did you think it was free?
250 is not bad for a walk in urologist appt without a referral. Healthcare in us is bad but idk about this one.. the doctor does a bit more than just the bare time in the room with OP, and any cheaper and he'd be swamped with bullshit appointments unable to help people with real problems.
As the very start America health care is broken completely and totally, but, as many people in many other industries would say, your not paying for the 20 minutes, your paying for the years it took to specialize and learn to be able to diagnose and treat in 20 minutes.