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re: Shoulder surgery cost...bananas.
Posted on 2/19/24 at 6:51 pm to CocomoLSU
Posted on 2/19/24 at 6:51 pm to CocomoLSU
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I'm on the floor playing with my son (4),
We're done here, fix it. How are you going to play catch with the boy in two years?
I tore mine in my non dominant arm, and wasted a year getting cortisone shots before I got the MRI done with a different doctor (2012.) The shoulder is still bulletproof, I just have to stretch the joint a lot before I squat, otherwise I can't put my elbow where it needs to be to brace.
Rehab (I was in my mid 30s) wasn't an issue, except for the embarrassing fact of using a 2.5 pound weights in a hotel gym for weeks. It wasn't fun having to sleep in a recliner or chair for a few weeks, but it was fine. I was back to benching 1.5x bodyweight within within four or five months.
I can't find the EOB from back then, but I'm pretty damn sure it was under $2k out of my HSA for facility, doc, and to be put under the day of the surgery.
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Posted on 2/19/24 at 7:27 pm to PCRammer
Major surgeries have several surgeons in the room and a back up nursing team. I observed an aorta valve replacement, which is surprisingly minimally invasive, and there were two anesthesiologist, Two heart surgeons, two surgeons who prepped and closed up after the heart surgeon did his thing and one surgeon just to prep the replacement valve. Everyone had a back up, even the surgical tech and nurses.
Is it overkill??? Probably, but I would want it. They plan for the absolute worst possible thing happening during surgery, not for what the expect.
Is it overkill??? Probably, but I would want it. They plan for the absolute worst possible thing happening during surgery, not for what the expect.
Posted on 2/19/24 at 7:59 pm to LarryCLE
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Still preferable to waiting months for the surgery in Canada or just being crippled for life in some third world country.
That’s the end game for here too.
Posted on 2/19/24 at 8:04 pm to PCRammer
quote:That’s a rough recovery.
labrum tear
My wife had it done a couple years ago and it was painful and long.
Posted on 2/19/24 at 8:07 pm to LSUnation78
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Another one who doesn’t understand how medical billing works.
To be fair, no one knows how medical billing works
Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:09 pm to bee Rye
I'm sure it's already been said but your insurance will pay a fraction of that and the surgery center knows that.
If you would've paid cash the final bill would probably be even less than what the insurance pays.
It's a silly system.
If you would've paid cash the final bill would probably be even less than what the insurance pays.
It's a silly system.
Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:14 pm to LSUnation78
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Another one who doesn’t understand how medical billing works.
It doesn't, that's the problem. Only ones making money are the insurance companies while everyone else gets screwed.
Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:17 pm to bee Rye
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no one knows how medical billing works
No, a lot of us do. You get charged $500 for IV Tylenol for your kid, because the 32 other people that needed it ran on their bills.
Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:19 pm to JimTiger72
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Do people choose to purchase a BMW
are overpaying for a shite vehicle.
Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:20 pm to PCRammer
With good physical therapy you will be 160 K plus. A lot of the costs though are not real as insurance plays all kinds of games.
Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:25 pm to JasonDBlaha
Kobe used that surgeon baw. How’s your jump shot?
Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:31 pm to armsdealer
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aorta valve replacement, which is surprisingly minimally invasive
I know most of it will go over my head, but seriously? Broad strokes, at least, please.
Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:32 pm to PCRammer
I had the same surgery in 2021 and it cost about 45k. Mine was done in Alexandria, Louisiana by Mid State orthopedic.
Not even shoulder surgery is exempt from inflation
Not even shoulder surgery is exempt from inflation
Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:42 am to PCRammer
You have no out of pocket maximum? I had my MCL and ACL done 2 years ago and that kept the bill from going over.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:44 am to PCRammer
I was sent a $22k bill for a lithotripsy for a damn kidney stone. Ended up paying $3k.
Preposterous
Preposterous
Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:50 am to The Torch
quote:or pay for the doctor’s Porsche
You have to pay for the 10 Obamas that went through the ER and never paid their bill.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:23 pm to PGAOLDBawNeVaBroke
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Kobe used that surgeon baw. How’s your jump shot?
I mean, I probably could have gotten a bucket in the NBA All-Star game.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:35 pm to PCRammer
I bet you want my tax dollars to fund it huh? Frick off
Posted on 2/20/24 at 1:11 pm to PCRammer
I just had the procedure where they jam the camera up your arm to check on your heart/arteries/aorta/etc.
$31,000.
At least a stunningly smokin hot Persian nurse (sorry, no pics) shaved my groin prior, in case the doc had to go that route.
$31,000.
At least a stunningly smokin hot Persian nurse (sorry, no pics) shaved my groin prior, in case the doc had to go that route.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 1:36 pm to JasonDBlaha
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so many pro athletes have paid ridiculous money to get surgery there
Pro athletes' getting treated at the Andrews clinic are actually workers compensation claims (i.e. caused by work-related injuries). Those medical costs are subject to the workers comp statutory reimbursement rates, which are by far the lowest of all possible reimbursement schedules.
Your shoulder repair (as an employee in a typical employer health insurance plan) was probably more profitable (performed at a higher negotiated rate) than the same procedure for off-season surgery for the QB of your favorite team.
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