My daughter’s emergency room visit to WMC was frustrating and expensive On May 1st 2015, my daughter was directed by the [redacted] State clinic to get a CT scan at WMC emergency room to find the cause for her stomach pains (Her appendix had been removed years earlier.) She and my wife arrived at 5pm and finally were able to leave hours later at 3amUpon arrival they were ushered into a room and several tests were performed within a reasonable timeThen they were informed that further tests were needed without any mention of long delaysIt turned out to take hours before a nurse finally came back to proceed with the tests (It actually felt like they had been forgotten and then someone finally remembered they were there.) Naturally they became hungry and irritated during the endless waitHowever, the staff was unsympathetic and one doctor even expressed annoyance at themIn the end, the tests were performed but the experience was very stressfulAnd it certainly did not seem like the visit was handled like an emergency Then we received the bill; $6,(Ouch!)Our insurance company covered $1,and the billing department granted $1,financial aidI later asked my doctor how much a CT scan should costHe informed me that a clinic in Winston-Salem would probably have charged less than $1,
My daughter’s emergency room visit to WMC was frustrating and expensive On May 1st 2015, my daughter was directed by the [redacted] State clinic to get a CT scan at WMC emergency room to find the cause for her stomach pains (Her appendix had been removed years earlier.) She and my wife arrived at 5pm and finally were able to leave hours later at 3amUpon arrival they were ushered into a room and several tests were performed within a reasonable timeThen they were informed that further tests were needed without any mention of long delaysIt turned out to take hours before a nurse finally came back to proceed with the tests (It actually felt like they had been forgotten and then someone finally remembered they were there.) Naturally they became hungry and irritated during the endless waitHowever, the staff was unsympathetic and one doctor even expressed annoyance at themIn the end, the tests were performed but the experience was very stressfulAnd it certainly did not seem like the visit was handled like an emergency Then we received the bill; $6,(Ouch!)Our insurance company covered $1,and the billing department granted $1,financial aidI later asked my doctor how much a CT scan should costHe informed me that a clinic in Winston-Salem would probably have charged less than $1,