I found out about my insurance approval on Friday, and on Saturday I received a call from the hospital for preregistration for a surgery on May 6.
So my predetermination request was made on March 26, and official approval was made on April 20. I was informed when I called on April 23 that a letter had been mailed to me and my surgeon. Letters are only faxed when the surgery is urgent I was told.
The hospital told me the surgery without insurance would cost $33,353.59.
I am getting the Prestige artificial disc at C6/C7.
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Left arm radicular pain, muscle wasting and weakness of triceps, wrist extensor, pectoral muscle.
C6-C7 herniated disc, left foraminal stenosis, impingement on left C7 nerve root
C5-C6 disc degeneration, loss of disc height, spondylosis, osteophytes, mild to moderate central canal stenosis, bilateral moderate foraminal stenosis.
May 6: C6/C7 Anterior discectomy and arthroplasty Prestige ST disc
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