YouTuber Builds His Own X-Ray Machine After Getting Hit With a $69K Hospital Bill

[RV_]

The video is hilarious! and amazing. Having just spent three days in the horsepistol myself it struck home! 😂🤣

OMG his wife was on it too and was funny as well.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a37543273/homemade-xray-machine/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_pop&utm_medium=email&date=100321&utm_campaign=nl25186639&utm_term=AAA -- High Minus Dormant and 90 Day Non Openers

 

Edited October 5, 2021 by RV_

[Dutch_12078]

The video is funny, but I'm not sure what his point is. He had a CT scan, not an X-ray...

Edited October 5, 2021 by Dutch_12078

[Jaydrvr]

32 minutes ago, Dutch_12078 said:

The video is funny, but I'm not sure what his point is. He had a CT scan, not an X-ray...

It actually is X-rays. 

"Computed tomography (CT) scan is a useful diagnostic tool for detecting diseases and injuries. It uses a series of X-rays and a computer to produce a 3D image of soft tissues and bones."

(Courtesy the Cleveland Clinic)

Edited October 5, 2021 by Jaydrvr
Appropriate credit for quote.

[mptjelgin]

Yes, the "CT" part is simply the assembly of multiple images into a 3D rendering. 

[Dutch_12078]

And his simple homemade X-ray machine was not even close to having that capability. As I said, the video was funny, but it was irrelevant to the hospital bill. I also agree hospital charges do often seem to be excessive, but I'm reminded of the mechanic that replied to a repair cost complaint with, "I don't get paid the big bucks for doing the work in 30 minutes, I get paid the big bucks for knowing how to do the work in 30 minutes." X-rays, CT scans, MRI images, etc., are useless without someone with years of expensive medical training to read them. The portion of the bill that's actually used to amortize the cost of the machine is negligible compared to costs of the support structure needed to effectively use it.