先日、術後一ヶ月の検診に行った際、うっかり疾病保険の申請用に頼んでおいた入院証明書のことを確認するのを忘れていた。電話してみたら用意できているとのことだったので、二度手間の出掛けをした。
会計で代金が10,000円と言われ、確か一覧表の資料では3,000円だったはずだがと食い下がると、それは病院の書式での証明書の代金で、それ以外の発行はこの値段になると説明された。5,000円くらいはするものと思ってはいたが、桁が変わると流石にちょっと高過ぎる感じだ。貧しいと証明も取れない世の中だと痛感した。
ところで多焦点の遠近両用眼内レンズは手術費用が20数万円と、単焦点レンズの倍くらいかかることを発見した。これは検診時、医師と話していて机に置かれた価格表がしっかり見えたからで、視力が回復したおかげ。
When I went to the hospital for 1-month post-operation checks the other day, I forgot to ask about the certificate I had requested for the purpose of insurance refund. It was actually ready, and I went out today again to pick it up.
At the cashier counter, I was told the fee was $125. I immediately claimed that I thought I saw $35 in the list of fees for various certificates to which the clerk explained me it was for the certificate prepared in the hospital’s own form but in other forms the price was as charged. I would consider it normal if the fee was around $50-60, but if the digit shifts up, It sounds rather pricey for average people, and I felt strongly the life here depended much on how much money in the pocket.
By the way, I discovered that the operation fee using multi-focus lenses covering short and long sights is about $3300, roughly two times of standard single-focus lenses. When I was speaking with the doctor, I found a sheet of tariff on his desk, and I could precisely read the numbers. My visibility was indeed improved!
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