Everyone has to understand that part of the price variance charged by hospitals etc, is dependant on the actual procedure. 1 adr or 1 fusion is 1/4 the price of 4 levels for the surgery. More OR time is alotted. 1 level may often be released earlier than multi-level patients. Currently in the US, 1 Charite adr is $11,500. As a 1 level cash patient, the hospital fee would probably be around $25k. The hardware for me was 45k before anything else was taken into consideration.
Dr R. charges $7500 for the first implant and then up from there. His fee for me was $20k. Therefore, the cash price was a 1 level might be under $40k but for multiples it goes up about 20-25k each level.
You really can't compare costs unless you're talking about the exact same procedure.
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