Add in the increasing cost of buying television time and the bill soars.
He spent five months this year without a left hip, largely stuck on a recliner watching his medical bills soar.
The cooking is based mainly on fish, which tends to be expensive, and the bill will soar for lobster or giant shrimp.
He agreed to assume the previous owner's $4,000 water bill, but within two years the bill had soared to $60,000.
But as Stevens's condition improved and his medical bills soared, he was sent home to recover.
Between Medicare and private insurers, the national bill for the hardware alone has soared to $2.5 billion a year, he said.
Yet even with employees paying more out of their own pockets, Rockwell's total medical bill has been soaring in recent years.
A per-person bill could soar to $254 without wine, calculated at 4.72 francs to the dollar.
Her medical bills soared to more than $500,000.
As a result of her treatment needs, for example, her electric bills have soared.