The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby, I had a woman up here

I'd like to know if the phrase "I had a woman up" in the following excerpt from The Great Gatsby means "I made a woman come up" or just "a woman came up":

. I had a woman up here last week to look at my feet and when she gave me the bill you’d of thought she had my appendicitus out.

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Both really work. It simply means he paid a woman travel to seem him and look at his feet.