Swollen glands

Today our son Cade had to go to immediate care. We researched the facility in Medical Price Points data base. St Al's has a quick care in Caldwell (55.00) we took him there. The nurse practitioner said he had an absence on his tonsil, we needed to get him to an emergency room. Because there was nothing he could do they didn't charge us.

Again we turned to the MPP data base and found an ENT specialist(ear nose and throat).
They happened to have an opening in 1/2 hour. (Cost was 226.00)

The ENT determined that there was no abscess and prescribes Augmentin. ($120.00)
The Dr. also determined he had a bad case of tonsillitis and his adenoids were very swollen.
He then also prescribed Prednisolone (steroid $5.00 @ Wal-mart)

I researched the drug and found out that Amoxicillin would work seeings that there was no abscess. Amoxicillin is also on the $5.00 list at Wal-Mart.

The following day The doctor needed to see Cade to check his progress (FREE).
My wife alerted him to the fact that Augmentin was so expensive and we found out that Amoxicillin would probably work. He agreed and changed the prescription.

Cade feels much better and we saved a great deal of money.
here is the run down

Quick care:$125.00
Emergency room visit: $425.00
ENT @ hospital: $357.00
Augmentin: $120.00
Prednisolone:$5.00
Total without research: $1032.00

Savings:
Quick Care: FREE
no emergency room
ENT @ private practice: $226.00
Amoxicillin: $5.00
Prednisolone: $5.00
Total cost with research: $236.00

Total savings with the help of Medical Price Point: $796.00
not bad for 10 minutes on Medical Price Point