Re: TCS release surgery cost?

[Guest guest]

, mine was around 65k for surgery and recovery. But I'm sure it varies.

You want to budget for PT and MRI's after surgery also.

>Can anyone give me an idea waht this costs... just a range. Is it 50

>tho or 500 thousand?

>

>thanks,

>--

> Jamison Griebenow, skookie@...

>Blessed with husband Greg, Zachary c/s 8/95,

>Helena Joy HBAC 8/00, and Beren Gustav HB 4/04

>~~~~~~~

>Learn more about recovery from a difficult birth here:

>http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/healing_trauma.asp

>

>Our Lord refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but does

>not encourage us to mistake them for home. ~~C.S.

[Guest guest]

*.*

*My sons detethering and hospital bill cost $89,000. BUT, he had a

complication of a prolonged spinal fluid leak at the incision, and we were

in the hospital for 21 days. I do not believe that is the " typical " cost,

but there can be complications with any surgery. ( insurance paid for all

but $2,000) I think there may have been a separate anesthesiologist bill

too, but not sure how much that was.*

>

>

> Can anyone give me an idea waht this costs... just a range. Is it 50

> tho or 500 thousand?

>

> thanks,

> --

> Jamison Griebenow, skookie@...

> Blessed with husband Greg, Zachary c/s 8/95,

> Helena Joy HBAC 8/00, and Beren Gustav HB 4/04

> ~~~~~~~

> Learn more about recovery from a difficult birth here:

> http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/healing_trauma.asp

>

> Our Lord refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but does

> not encourage us to mistake them for home. ~~C.S.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ...we were fabulously lucky and our insurance covered each of my

daughter's surgeries .. for one, we may have had a $2000 charge..the others

were paid in full. Randee

In a message dated 4/29/2011 5:31:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

lilacs007@... writes:

, mine was around 65k for surgery and recovery. But I'm sure it

varies.

You want to budget for PT and MRI's after surgery also.

>Can anyone give me an idea waht this costs... just a range. Is it 50

>tho or 500 thousand?

>

>thanks,

>--

> Jamison Griebenow, _skookie@..._

(mailto:skookie@...)

>Blessed with husband Greg, Zachary c/s 8/95,

>Helena Joy HBAC 8/00, and Beren Gustav HB 4/04

>~~~~~~~

>Learn more about recovery from a difficult birth here:

>_http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/healing_trauma.asp_

(http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/healing_trauma.asp)

>

>Our Lord refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but does

>not encourage us to mistake them for home. ~~C.S.

[Guest guest]

:

    I had combined tethered cord release and stenosis decompression.  The

neurosurgeon charged around $20K, the anasthesiologist charged separately, the

assistant surgeon charged separately, intraoperative neuro testing was $1600, &

the hospital billed over $200K for my 8 days in acute care, then another $100K

for 12 days in inpatient rehab.  I developed a hemotoma which required a 2nd

surgery (another $18K) & longer stay in acute care, then in rehab.  This is

likely not typical.  I am on Medicare (because I'm old) and providers routinely

inflate charges because Medicare is stingy with reimbursements.  I also live in

Southern California & had my surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center - both

excuses to overcharge.

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To: tetheredspinalcord

Sent: Fri, April 29, 2011 2:11:18 PM

Subject: TCS release surgery cost?

 

Can anyone give me an idea waht this costs... just a range. Is it 50

tho or 500 thousand?

thanks,

--

Jamison Griebenow, skookie@...

Blessed with husband Greg, Zachary c/s 8/95,

Helena Joy HBAC 8/00, and Beren Gustav HB 4/04

~~~~~~~

Learn more about recovery from a difficult birth here:

http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/healing_trauma.asp

Our Lord refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but does

not encourage us to mistake them for home. ~~C.S.

[Guest guest]

, bless your heart, what an ordeal! thanks all for feedback, I just didn't

know and the info you shared helped. We do have to pay 10% of inpatient costs

so good to know what to expect, 10,000 maybe, depending on how involved. Thanks.

>

> :

>     I had combined tethered cord release and stenosis decompression.  The

> neurosurgeon charged around $20K, the anasthesiologist charged separately, the

> assistant surgeon charged separately, intraoperative neuro testing was $1600,

&

> the hospital billed over $200K for my 8 days in acute care, then another $100K

> for 12 days in inpatient rehab.  I developed a hemotoma which required a 2nd

> surgery (another $18K) & longer stay in acute care, then in rehab.  This is

> likely not typical.  I am on Medicare (because I'm old) and providers

routinely

> inflate charges because Medicare is stingy with reimbursements.  I also live

in

> Southern California & had my surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center - both

> excuses to overcharge.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ________________________________

>

> To: tetheredspinalcord

> Sent: Fri, April 29, 2011 2:11:18 PM

> Subject: TCS release surgery cost?

>

>  

> Can anyone give me an idea waht this costs... just a range. Is it 50

> tho or 500 thousand?

>

> thanks,

[Guest guest]

,

Your co-insurance may be 10%, but most policies have a max out of pocket,

capping your out of pocket expenses. Most are under $10K. I have Medicare

and have a Medicare Advantage plan (my Mcare benefits are administered by a

private insurance company - get more benefits for lower price. The company

actually refunds me $40/month of my Part B premium + vision and dental

benefits). But the plan I picked for 2011 has a higher max OOP than I've

ever had in previous years - $6700 (don't remember exactly - more than $6K,

less than $7K). But most of them have a max OOP of around $3400. When I had

private insurance or COBRA from my employer, my max OOP was only around

$2500/yr. Check your policy.

Jenn

>

>

> , bless your heart, what an ordeal! thanks all for feedback, I just

> didn't know and the info you shared helped. We do have to pay 10% of

> inpatient costs so good to know what to expect, 10,000 maybe, depending on

> how involved. Thanks.

>

>

[Guest guest]

My hospital bill came to just over 46,000 and my doctor was around 16,000.

To: tetheredspinalcord

From: skookie@...

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:11:18 -0400

Subject: TCS release surgery cost?

Can anyone give me an idea waht this costs... just a range. Is it 50

tho or 500 thousand?

thanks,

--

Jamison Griebenow, skookie@...

Blessed with husband Greg, Zachary c/s 8/95,

Helena Joy HBAC 8/00, and Beren Gustav HB 4/04

~~~~~~~

Learn more about recovery from a difficult birth here:

http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/healing_trauma.asp

Our Lord refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but does

not encourage us to mistake them for home. ~~C.S.

[Guest guest]

my bills are rolling in.....  looks like the dr and hospital billing will be

about $80k, probably getting about $30K from my insurance..... I do have a

co-insurance cap however so hopefully I won't be paying much more than $2-$3k.

 

Subject: RE: TCS release surgery cost?

To: tetheredspinalcord

Date: Saturday, April 30, 2011, 6:47 AM

My hospital bill came to just over 46,000 and my doctor was around 16,000.

To: tetheredspinalcord

From: skookie@...

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:11:18 -0400

Subject: TCS release surgery cost?

 

   

     

     

      Can anyone give me an idea waht this costs... just a range.  Is it 50

tho or 500 thousand?

thanks,

--

Jamison Griebenow, skookie@...

Blessed with husband Greg, Zachary c/s 8/95,

Helena Joy HBAC 8/00, and Beren Gustav HB 4/04

~~~~~~~

Learn more about recovery from a difficult birth here:

http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/healing_trauma.asp

Our Lord refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but does

not encourage us to mistake them for home.        ~~C.S.

   

     

   

   

                            

[Guest guest]

:

    What I neglected to mention is that I paid ZERO for all those charges

thanks

to Medicare and my AARP supplemental insurance.  Still, 10% of even half of

what

was billed for my surgery etc. could be a big number.

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To: tetheredspinalcord

Sent: Fri, April 29, 2011 7:07:13 PM

Subject: Re: TCS release surgery cost?

 

, bless your heart, what an ordeal! thanks all for feedback, I just didn't

know and the info you shared helped. We do have to pay 10% of inpatient costs so

good to know what to expect, 10,000 maybe, depending on how involved. Thanks.

>

> :

>     I had combined tethered cord release and stenosis

decompression.  The

> neurosurgeon charged around $20K, the anasthesiologist charged separately, the

> assistant surgeon charged separately, intraoperative neuro testing was $1600,

&

>

> the hospital billed over $200K for my 8 days in acute care, then another $100K

> for 12 days in inpatient rehab.  I developed a hemotoma which required a

2nd

> surgery (another $18K) & longer stay in acute care, then in rehab.  This is

> likely not typical.  I am on Medicare (because I'm old) and providers

>routinely

>

> inflate charges because Medicare is stingy with reimbursements.  I also

live

>in

>

> Southern California & had my surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center - both

> excuses to overcharge.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ________________________________

>

> To: tetheredspinalcord

> Sent: Fri, April 29, 2011 2:11:18 PM

> Subject: TCS release surgery cost?

>

>  

> Can anyone give me an idea waht this costs... just a range. Is it 50

> tho or 500 thousand?

>

> thanks,

[Guest guest]

, 

I live in the L.A. area and my Dr. is at USC. And hospitals DO overcharge. I had

my surgery at University Hospital and my bill was $40,000...almost 17 years ago!

The insurance co. questioned it, asking my permission to look into the charges

and I agreed. As a result, the hospital took off $10,000. 

>I also live in Southern California & had my surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical

Center - both excuses to overcharge.

Jodi