Quote from: jerrytheman on July 03, 2023, 08:36:55 PMI can answer the question here. I had a nail breakage (not my fault, nor the doctors), from one of the 5 main USA surgeons.
Was able to schedule a surgery within 4 days of talking to the doctor. Since it is a complication, insurance covers. I had a mediocre insurance and they basically just made sure to have a prior auth with the hospital they are doing the surgery at, which was pretty quickly approved.
I was able to see the itemized bills. They charged total a little short of $250k, which you may think is crazy. Since a surgery itself with 2 day stay at the same hospital was only $70k total. They charged $117k for the "rod" that nuvasive should have gave for free because it was a defective rod.
But honestly, I dont care. I paid around $1k total for the entire surgery because of insurance.
You have to understand how American insurance works, if you don't read up on it.
Now if I didnt have insurance, I'm not sure what would have happened. Maybe the doctors would have figured out a way to replace my rod for a cheap price, maybe not, not sure. But I had health insurance from work, and I paid $1k because that's whats left on my annual deductible.
Thank you very much for your detailed information. I hope you’re doing well.
I’m guess you’re an American citizen, right?
So you have American private insurance.
What was happening if it happened to anyone he isn’t American citizen?
