Yep...gettin' fixed is EXPENSIVE! When I had surgery on my neck, the Dr.s bill was in excess of $90,000...AND, he did a lousey job...I shoulda spent an extra $10 for a better Dr. --- On Tue, 12/7/10, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Denis' medical bills update. To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 4:10 PM I thought that the $30,000+ total cost for falling off the deck was nuts, well today I actually spoke to the very nice hospital billing office lady who corrected me. The actual total bill before insurance was $83,362.67! That does not include the doctor’s, radiology, ambulance, emergency room or oxygen bills. Shirley said this is what it cost to put me back on my feet for the next event, a deer?