Cheryl
I think you need to contact the billing personnel of some of the surgeons who are successful in getting insurers to pay for the prosthetic. It could very well be a simple thing like delaying the surgery a week or two until the new billing codes for ADR prosthetics are in place (July 1st). I'd start with Dr. Delamarter's office in California, as he seems to have a higher success rate than most.
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03/09/26 - Ruptured L5-S1.
Years of pain, discectomy, research into anatomy, hardware, clinical trials, facilities, surgeons, techniques, insurance. Attempts at ProDisc, Activ-L trials. Now, low bone density. D'oh!!!
At 61 years, no longer qualifying for trials due to my age (chronological, not physical or mental).
2009 - Working on improving bone density or getting rich so I can go to Germany, where medicine and insurance have gone beyond the Stone Age.
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