Las Vegas Operating Room RN with 7 years experience. HCA Hospital. Unionized. Base Pay: $43 Call Pay: Time and a half, plus $5 just sitting at home waiting. (This is where nurses in the OR make BANK) 2016 gross pay: $131,210 Net biweekly pay: $3,300 (normal) $4300 (some OT) $5500 (lots of OT, call pay) COL: Mod to low. I pay a 2 bed 2 bath with 2 car garage apartment with 1300sqft for $900. Ive worked in the ER, ICU, medsurg floor and opd, and i think the OR/Surgery department, especially if if you work in a busy trauma hospital is like a gold mine! Because primarily of call pay. Last 2 weeks i worked like 60 hours a week and yesterday got my biggest paycheck ever, $5870 in 2 weeks. Work hard play hard right lol. happy holidays to everyone!