Supplemental insurance provider Aflac now offers its Real Cost Calculator, an online tool that helps consumers realize the costs connected with common illnesses and injuries, such as cancer, heart attack and fractured limbs.

As health care costs continue to grow, Aflac finds that consumers could be unaware of the out-of-pocket medical and household costs that would confront them should they or a family member become injured or sick despite having have major medical insurance.

The calculator displays data on medical conditions, such as cancer or stroke, which can lead to thousands of dollars of unanticipated out-of-pocket medical costs and expenses. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the mean charge for a hospital stay following a heart attack is $65,427.

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