The would was small, maybe 1 centimeter, but deep enough that it wouldn't stop bleeding on its own. My girlfriend insisted we go to the ER (urgent cares around here are closed on Sundays), so we did.
I was the only one there that day. I was ushered in to see a doctor. The doctor looked at the wound, and said, "this is way too small for stiches, let's just use glue." So the ER nurse handed him a skin glue, and he used it to close the wound. After a few minutes, the wound was closed. I was prescribed antibiotics (kitchen knife, in case it had salmonella etc.) and sent my way.
Three months later, the bill arrived: $2,600.
That isn't a typo. Two thousand six hundred god damn dollars for skin glue on a small cut on the finger.
My insurance successfully negotiated it down, but still, the audacity of charging four figures for five minutes of medical care is just absolutely insane.
We desperately need single-payer healthcare in this country.