A Solano County woman has come away with $1.3 million in treatment costs after a bout of COVID-19 last year.
According to the Los Angeles Times on Monday, Vacaville resident Patricia Mason was hospitalized with the coronavirus last year in March and April. Despite the total bill, the paper reported Mason and her husband owe $42,184.20 of that cost.
Her hospital stay in the coronary care unit at NorthBay Medical Center cost $479,162.40, while her pharmacy charges were more than $470,000 and the respiratory charges were over $166,000.
She and her husband, who have nine children and work five jobs, told the LA Times: "I don’t have $42,000 to spare."
She is covered by her husband's union insurance.
"The California resident thought either all out-of-pocket expenses for treatment would be waived 'to make sure people weren't slammed with bills' or that her bill would be roughly $5,000," according to People.
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