One way to save money when you go to the hospital is if you are on daily medications (Blood Pressure..etc) is to bring your own meds with you. That way they don't charge you the 5 dollar a pill average.


More importantly hospitals will give you the generic. While that is helpful sometimes, it's not always. My Mother cannot take generic thyroid pills because the generics are not as fine tuned as the name brand. Cost more, but it's safer.