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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (186417)	5/10/2006 4:07:22 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Intensive care is expensive. Off the top of my head, and these are be old charges, and are not confined to kiddies,...the cost of a vent is 2200 bucks per day. EKG without interpretation I think 250. Same thing for an arterial blood gas. Breathing treatment is about 60; maybe multiply that by 4-12/day. X ray, blah, blah. Adds up fast. I'll see if I can find some costs on the net later, or call work if I get motivated. Doesn't even count the charge for the room (which covers the nurses). I think an ICU room runs close to 2K/day. What gets down to me? 30 bucks an hr.