I know blue cross is covering ADR in San Francisco at St Mary's, but it could be another story in another state. A revision surgery also adds another twist to coverage. I'm not so sure revision surgery is as common as a first-time ADR surgery.
Even St Marys had a heck of a time trying to get blue cross onboard, but they were covering it by end of last year. At the same time St Mary's is also one of the original trial centers for ProDisc, so I'm sure that was also a factor.
BTW I couldn't imagine being 32 days in the hospital. I was going nuts after 6.
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1/2006 DDD L5/S1
Prodisc St. Mary's 12/2006 not diagnosed properly pre-op and now have DDD L4/L5, facet calcification L5-S1/L4-L5, mild scoliosis and left knee pain. DDD: C3 through C6
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