{"id":10238,"date":"2024-09-13T12:23:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=10238"},"modified":"2024-09-13T12:23:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:23:43","slug":"old-hospital-bills-show-just-how-cheap-having-a-baby-used-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=10238","title":{"rendered":"Old Hospital Bills Show Just How Cheap Having a Baby Used to Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finding piles of old documents can be a chore, but it can also be a wonderful insight into what our parents\u2019 lives were like. Old grocery lists, army papers, or scrapbooks can be windows into the world of the past. A recent trend on social media has been making the rounds and it\u2019s really interesting. People have been posting their parent\u2019s and grandparents\u2019 old hospital bills from when they were born and the prices are shockingly low.<\/p><div class=\"311fe198f191a864c1efcdfa9efedfdf\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1782571\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_28813\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28813\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28813 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greatlifepublishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/26190945\/hb3_yrlky4-728x1010.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 768px) 728px, (min-width: 600px) 300px, 87vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.greatlifepublishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/26190945\/hb3_yrlky4-728x1010.jpg 728w, https:\/\/cdn.greatlifepublishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/26190945\/hb3_yrlky4-216x300.jpg 216w\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"1010\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridamemory.com\/items\/show\/44541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Via\/ State Archives of Florida<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today, a birth can be a hugely expensive undertaking. Hospital charges can be hard or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/5\/5\/11591592\/birth-cost-hospital-bills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impossible to calculate beforehand<\/a>, costing thousands of dollars<a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/canadian-woman-gives-birth-america-gets-1m-hospital-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0or more<\/a>\u00a0and there are surprises at every turn for some patients. A couple in Utah in 2016 was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/blogs-trending-37555048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged $40<\/a>on their bill to simply be allowed to hold their new son after he was delivered via c-section.<\/p>\n<p>But, flash back to previous eras and you\u2019ll find simpler bills and much, much lower costs for a hospital stay after a birth. The bill below is from the 1950s for multiple days stay. The cost after insurance was $10.75 and that included oxygen and an incubator. $10.77\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/data.bls.gov\/cgi-bin\/cpicalc.pl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adjusted for inflation<\/a>\u00a0today is $101.96.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhkwT3fFCR0\/<\/p>\n<p>This bill is from 1961 for a c-section delivery. The final cost to the patient was only $80.75 for nine days in the hospital and lists a phone fee of $4.60 \u2013 she must have asked for room with a phone. The total cost before insurance was $418.85. In today\u2019s money that would be $3,552.86. For reference the average new car in 1961 cost\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepeoplehistory.com\/1961.html#cost_of_living\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$2,850<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1078840670419406849&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdustyoldthing.com%2Fold-hospital-bills-cheap%2F&amp;sessionId=d0b0dd2a8f92dd7b7db9d25f254193ad3731e243&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1078840670419406849\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>From 1947 comes this bill which was $54.00 for a 4-day stay. No health insurance was listed. That cost after inflation would be $634.88 in 2019. A new men\u2019s Bulova watch in 1947 cost\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepeoplehistory.com\/1947.html#cost_of_living\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$52.50<\/a>\u00a0so the total hospital bill cost only slightly more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=876146330103668738&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdustyoldthing.com%2Fold-hospital-bills-cheap%2F&amp;sessionId=d0b0dd2a8f92dd7b7db9d25f254193ad3731e243&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"876146330103668738\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Go back to 1968 and the costs are $406.80 for a 5-day hospital stay, which would be $3,015.52 today. A new refrigerator in 1968 could be had for around\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mclib.info\/reference\/local-history-genealogy\/historic-prices\/1968-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$200<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the commenters on the image below said his grandparents\u2019 bill in 1936 was $36.00 which they paid 50 cents a week on until the entire bill was satisfied (which would be $659.42 total today).<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1023797832396943360&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdustyoldthing.com%2Fold-hospital-bills-cheap%2F&amp;sessionId=d0b0dd2a8f92dd7b7db9d25f254193ad3731e243&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1023797832396943360\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 1954 one couple in North Dakota was charged $99.84 with $2 listed for x-ray services (as posted to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mildlyinteresting\/comments\/57b6l3\/baby_delivery_hospital_bill_from_1954\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a>). That same charge today would be $938.18 adjusted for inflation. A manufacturing job at the time would have yielded on average<a href=\"https:\/\/fraser.stlouisfed.org\/title\/60\/item\/20153\/toc\/340949\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0$71.86 per week<\/a>\u00a0or more.<\/p>\n<p>Among the possible charges listed (but not used) is the hospital barber!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28814\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28814\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28814 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greatlifepublishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/26190947\/hb1_eu4byn-728x970.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 768px) 728px, (min-width: 600px) 300px, 87vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.greatlifepublishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/26190947\/hb1_eu4byn-728x970.jpg 728w, https:\/\/cdn.greatlifepublishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/26190947\/hb1_eu4byn-225x300.jpg 225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"970\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mildlyinteresting\/comments\/57b6l3\/baby_delivery_hospital_bill_from_1954\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Via\/ Reddit<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another Reddit user posted the bill from his father\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mildlyinteresting\/comments\/87p04h\/the_hospital_bill_from_my_dads_birth_in_1955_note\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1955 birth<\/a>. The total cost was $87.65 for 5 days in the hospital, which comes in at a mere $829.81 in today\u2019s money. Average monthly rent for that year was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepeoplehistory.com\/1955.html#cost_of_living\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$87.00<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A commenter on this image recounted their wife\u2019s recent 7-day stay in hospital for a birth as a staggering $112,000.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28815\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28815\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28815 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greatlifepublishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/26190950\/hb2_dc4dqc-710x1024.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 768px) 728px, (min-width: 600px) 300px, 87vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.greatlifepublishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/26190950\/hb2_dc4dqc-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/cdn.greatlifepublishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/26190950\/hb2_dc4dqc-208x300.jpg 208w\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"1024\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mildlyinteresting\/comments\/87p04h\/the_hospital_bill_from_my_dads_birth_in_1955_note\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Via\/ Reddit<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28816\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28816\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28816 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greatlifepublishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/26190951\/hb4_bqma1t-728x596.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 768px) 728px, (min-width: 600px) 300px, 87vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.greatlifepublishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/26190951\/hb4_bqma1t-728x596.jpg 728w, https:\/\/cdn.greatlifepublishing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/26190951\/hb4_bqma1t-300x246.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"596\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.archives.gov\/id\/541099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Via\/ U.S. National Archives<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It really makes you think: if having a child cost as much as it does today would those patients billed above would have been able to afford having children at all<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"allow-copy_covered_elem_id_1726230202778\" class=\"allow-copy_cover allow-copy_cover__minimized\" style=\"top: 162px; 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