An Urgent Care Treated Her Allergic Reaction. An ER Monitored Her — For $6,700.

An urgent care treated her allergic reaction. An ER monitored her—for $6,700.

By Andrew Jones for KFF Silvana Toska was playing in a grass field with her daughters late last fall when she felt a sting on her ankle. The family had come to…

An Urgent Care Treated Her Allergic Reaction. An ER Monitored Her — For $6,700.

By Andrew Jones Apr 28, 2026 Silvana Toska was playing with her daughters at a park near their home in Davidson, North Carolina, when she got a bug bite that triggered a severe allergic reaction. An urgent care clinic treated her, then sent her to a local emergency room for monitoring. The ER visit cost her more than $3,000. (A.M. Stewart for KFF Health News) Silvana Toska was playing in a grass field with her daughters late last fall when she f…

An Urgent Care Treated Her Allergic Reaction. An ER Monitored Her — For $6,700. - Health Care Today

Silvana Toska was playing in a grass field with her daughters late last fall when she felt a sting on her ankle. The family had come to listen for barred and great horned owls as the sun set on a large park near their Davidson, North Carolina, home. It was “just like a mosquito bite, nothing major, and I just scratched it,” said Toska, a political science professor. Then she began to itch everywhere. She couldn’t see anything in the dark, so he…