I'm missing something

Okay, I'll tell you. It's my appendix. I went into the hospital on September 12th with abdominal pain and emerged later the same day without my appendix! Being a nurse myself, it was interesting to be the patient and experience everything from the other side. I am happy to say I was treated very well. The most painful part actually was after I came home when the medical bills started arriving. I have insurance, thankfully. If this had happened a few months earlier I wouldn't have had it yet (I had to be at my new job for 3 months before I was eligible for insurance). Basically, once I meet a $2000 deductible for the year, my insurance pays 80% of costs, I pay 20%.

Here's a rundown of the bills I've received so far. The first number is the total bill. The second number is after insurance paid their portion, so it's my responsibility to pay.

• ER physician exam: $576.00, $104.20
• IV fluids (2 bags Normal Saline): $197.00, $39.40
• IV antibiotics: $59.00, $11.80
• CAT scan of the pelvis with contrast: $213.00, $42.60
• CAT scan of the abdomen with contrast: $235.00, $47.00
  
• Pathologist's fee (for examining the appendix once it was removed): $145.00, $27.00
• Anesthesiologist's fee: $1078.00, $338.90
• Surgeon's fee (it was a laparascopic procedure): $3300.00, $790.00

Total without insurance: $5803.00
Total I will have to pay: $1400.90

Wow. Thank goodness for insurance. Thank goodness I have a job that pays well so I can afford to pay the bills that I still owe even with insurance. What a crazy health care system.