Nailing down a US hospital on cost of surgery...
So as part of my ADR vs fusion decision making... trying to get a quote for what I would have to pay out of pocket to get a MIS-TLIF here in NC.
The surgeon's office was very helpful and gave me 8 cpt codes to give to the hospital and anesthesia folks.
What I know so far is that the surgeon/assistant fee alone is about 30k. They give a 30% discount for self pay so ~$20k.
So while typing this, the hospital called me back about the cost of those cpt codes at the OR/hospital level. She said at least $80-90k. Even w/ a huge self-pay discount... this is waayyyyy more expensive than an overseas ADR (or fusion for that matter)
And I haven't even heard back from the anesthesia group.
So... praying that I'm not allergic to titanium/aluminum/vanadium and I can go to Spain in a few weeks.
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