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Howie and Hope - 13 Feb 2005 16:16 GMT

Just curious..has anybody who has had the Robotic Prostate surgery ever
found out the cost of it all to include the pills, tissues, food surgery
etc ? Just curious..I est 20,000 ??? am I even close ? Howie

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smu53@aol.com - 13 Feb 2005 20:27 GMT

Howie,
The cost depends on many variables. The cost to the patient depends on
where they go, what doctor they have, what their insurance covers, how
fast they recover, what drugs they use and how often. The cost to the
hospital is hard to figure out too. The DaVinci robot costs >$1M, so
how many cases do you spread that over?
Steve U

> Just curious..has anybody who has had the Robotic Prostate surgery ever
> found out the cost of it all to include the pills, tissues, food surgery
> etc ? Just curious..I est 20,000 ??? am I even close ? Howie

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ronju99 - 14 Feb 2005 00:30 GMT

Had LRP at IU Hospital. Total bill was about $24,000.00. Insurance paid
about $9,000.00 and I paid a little over $1,000.00. Hospital wrote the
rest of on taxes I guess.

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