How much would it cost to outfit a hospital bed at the intensive care level (equipment + supplies)?

Around $50k to start and $10k to maintain. Not to mention the $80k for the ancillary staff (nurse, respiratory therapist) for home visits.

Who wants to have it done? The patient or the family? Does the patient really want to live out the last few months of life hooked up to machines? How about donating $140k to a charity so a thousand people will be able to get food to eat for a year or 5 kids with lymphoma or leukemia would be able to get life-saving treatments they would otherwise not be able to afford?

If you're looking to do this, check with the patient's social worker. They arrange home equipment. If you're just curious, don't waste my time.

It depends on where you live. Its probably most costlist in the USA, upwards of $1,000,000.

Much more than my medicare would take care of.

as much as the equiptment and supplies add up to be

It is an exorbitant cost which is why hospitals have to operate (if you will excuse the pun) the way they do.


When my son was on the NICU we got a bill for $3000 a day which did NOT include doctor bills, meds or any of the additional costs besides basic equipment use.

In 6 months he racked up over 2-3 million dollars for his care. He was born prematurely and was on the vent for 5 of those months.

He is now 12 years old and is perfectly healthy (except for C.P. and Autism).

It depends if you include the IV poles, circulation pillows, special blankets. The bed itself would be cheap, compared to being on a ventilator, having arterial lines, IV lines delivering nutrition, medicine, electrolytes, and monitoring capabilties, not to mention ECG leads EEG leads. So the cost can be upwards of $3000.00 per day. This is the cost where I work.

thousands of dollars ... but im probably not right so you should ask the people at the hospital

depends on what you want it for. If you are referring to a medicare patient they are allowed certain things from DME (durable medical equipment)such as wheel chairs,beds,walkers and even hoverounds(or anything that is a motorized chair approved by medicare.
the cost can be overwhelming. depending on what kind of bed you are looking for, they start around 800$ and can exceed 2000$. there are commercial vendors that sell these types of beds at a less expensive price. just google what kind of bed you are wanting or call your local DME rep. yellow pages are a great way to start. Hopsital Equipment is the key word.
try the link below for some criteria on medicare and medicaid DME.

. It cost Me 22000.00$ a day to use it. Los Angeles Ca. I hope this helps.

Tons, When my big brother was in the ICU, I tcost about 3,000 dollars a day plus medicine and other stuff. But the nurses and staff toke really good care of him

At least 50,000. It would be worth looking into insurance assistance.

Our ICU recently bought 2 new ICU beds that rotate and percuss. The bed also weigh and converts into a chair position. The beds were $25,000 each plus $5000 for each module to make it turn and vibrate. so it is a total of $35,000 just for the bed. Ventilators are probably 20 -30 K. IV pumps depending on how many channels cost $3500 -$10,000 poles a few hundred, monitors are very expensive and the modules to run it and then the cost of ekg leads, and bp cuffs, and SCd pumps to prevent blood clots your looking at probably $100,000 just for the equipment! (If you add in the cost for kidney dialysis machines and INtra aortic balloon pumps your now around 200 - 250 K!

As much as the doctor and the hospital wishes to charge. Normally, more than 90% of the worlds popullation can afford

get will.

i have no knowledge of the medical field..however, with the idea of customizing a hospital bed sounds too outlandish..if not a reality.
iam thinking of ant-lock brakes for the wheels..(just a safety precaution)

The equipment of a IC bed is different from patient to patient. So, after surgery you need to have a heart monitor and a respiratory device if the patient was under general anesthesia. These cost around 10.000 EUR. You need qualified personel and also you need ER equipment if something goes wrong. About 20.000 EUR more. So, it's quite costly, but if you want to equip the right way, you don't want to forget about any if this

this one depends which country and what class it is.

it depends on wat hospital u r talking about

why you askin me?...lol jk aat to me at least $15,00o.a week

about 8k but you need o2 also. just go with 10k that should take care of it with a little left over for o2 bottles. but thats just the tip of the iceberg.every month you need to inventory what you have and what you have used.there are many supplys that you use one time and throw away.what if patient needs to be incubated more than once a month?there are too many ifs in your question. but 10k is a fair amount to be properly equiped. you may need to call a hospital supply company to get what you need.they probably will give a fair discount too.also if you need to resupply your stock they may give a discount on those items too. they want your business

i just wanted to say to all the people who got negative with this question like asking why maybe this person wants to take care of someone who is sick at home so be nice

500,000 to start
the supplies are going to run different prices but i would be looking at least a million all together

A days stay at the hospital for a minor incident starts at $4,000 lol

An aspirin is $8.00 for one.

I'd be interested to see an intelligent response from someone in charge of these things at the hospital. It would depend on what equipment is actually considered part of the room. The monitors, IV equipment, etc. seem to be portable. Oxygen stuff is kept in the rooms. Are the cannulas considered the supplies? To supply oxygen at home, you would need a different system. A concentrator or liquid oxygen storage unit. You would have different costs than a hospital for a personal home supply. Meds are a variable. Would they be considered part of the supplies of a room? How about sheets, pillows, etc? I assume that is part of the outfitting of the room. Is nursing part of the cost? To insure that you have a consistent and reliable source of nurses, you will pay more than the hospital is paying. If you rely on traditional home nursing services, you will have gaps in nursing coverage.

Let's talk oxygen:
I know that to buy one disposable probe for a Nelcore Pulse-Oxymeter to spot check O2 sats and heart rate costs $127.00 from our local medical supply store. The Pulse-Oxymeter itself costs about $750.00 to purchase. (Medicaid pays $56/month to rent it.) Although now we store tanks, we used to use a concentrator to "make oxygen." Would you buy this, or rent? Medicaid does cover O2 expense. You will need lines to carry the O2 to different areas of the home if the patient is to leave his/her bed. You will also need the cannulas, humidifier, etc. You will still need tanks for traveling to and from the hospital, carts for handling the tanks or a mounting bracket for attaching them to a wheelchair, and maybe even smaller tanks to pack and carry if the patient is ambulatory or the caregiver wishes to pack the tank to doctor's appointments, etc. You will need an appropriate ambu bag (and training in its use). You will also need a large back-up tank in case the power goes out. An ICU has power expense, but they also have auxiliary power back-up for emergencies. (I am apt to be missing something, so there might be further expense.) This just covers the O2 system at home, not the cost -- I can only quote the Pulse-ox cost as that is what I have researched for myself.

I assume you may be trying to set up an ICU unit at home. I mention the oxygen supply system because that is necessarily a part of the ICU, albeit a small part, that I have some experience with. Using the items I have mentioned, you could call your local medical supply store and get an estimate of out of pocket costs to provide just those items. How you provide those items and the cost depends on your location, availability of service and delivery methods, and patient needs.

Your question is an interesting question. Knowing if you have a need to duplicate an ICU at home, and to meet what specific medical needs, would help to determine the cost of this project to you.

Insurance companies pay around $1000 or more per day. Patients without insurance would pay more I'm sure.

The don't call it "expensive care" for nothing!!!

I think is posible to put any price for that.All depend at how much many you have and the tehnology expectations.

$50,000

i dont no

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