Papit,
Condolences on being here and having to make the decisions you're having to make. There is a lot of experience here and hopefully you'll get a lot of replies.
As you're intent on staying in the US, that means ProDisc or Prestige. It's very unlikely that your insurance will cover the Mobi-C. Were I forced into a fusion or ProDisc, my only decision would be Jack Zigler at Texas Back Institute in Plano, TX. He was on the original team to do the FDA IDE for the ProDisc and for years had close financial ties to that device; meaning that he had a great interest in figuring out how to make that device work. He has turned out a years long steady stream of successful outcomes with that device; rivaled only by Dr Bertagnoli in Germany.
Were I in your shoes with the constraints that you've enumerated, Zigler is where I would start.
Good luck, Jeff
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C4/5 - ACDF in 2000
C5/6 - ACDF in 2002
C3/4 & C6/7 - M6 ADR, Nov 2009, Barcelona
Conceded defeat to a manifestly disingenuous BCBS-TX in my quest for reimbursement, Jan 2011
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