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Originally Posted by Jack
My insurance company says they will pay half the total bill out of network. I was hoping someone had an ideal about what their disc replacement cost in the USA and didn't mind passing the info to me. I don't need to see bills and such just your best approximation of what it cost.
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Surgery practice and charges vary by region (probably from a Deyo/Mirza document in Spine or Spine Journal).
May I please suggest, pick two (2) ADR-experienced surgeons on the East Coast .
Ask each surgeon office for a price quote including work-up, 3-day (or standardard)
hospital stay, surgery, anesthesiologist, surgical nurses, "all-up costs".
This exercise will take up some of your time.
Suggest put the request in writing, with the insurance company context,
to your selected surgeons offices, attention the (billing, surgical support
team, administration, ...) correct person you determine after two -> four
phone calls.
I did similar, because insurance coverage position is one-level, and
I need two-level (adr, hybrid, ...)