Thursday, 31 May 2012

Snake bite costs exchange student $143,000

  Eyewitness NewsSAN DIEGO (WABC) -- The cost of hospital treatment for a snakebite victim in California is making headlines overseas.

A Norwegian exchange student at the University of California was recently bitten by a rattlesnake in San Diego.

He was treated overnight at a hospital.

His insurance company in Norway howled at the bill, which topped $143,000.

The biggest bites came from two doses of anti-venom. One cost $102,440, while the second rang up at $25,610.

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