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Reply With QuoteGood idea. Will post our details soon.
This is a discussion on Costs, etc within the Artificial Disc Replacement forums, part of the Spine Surgery Support category; I would like to see a chart started with columns like "surgery type", "Location of surgery", "Doctor", "Date" "Total surgery ...
Costs, etc I would like to see a chart started with columns like "surgery type", "Location of surgery", "Doctor", "Date" "Total surgery cost" (not including travel or hotel),"Insurance paid", "Paid by self", etc. I know everyone has different insurance or that many places outside US don't accept our insurance but it would give us an idea of what costs are. Let everyone enter their own data. It could also include "length of hospital stay", "hotel cost" etc. It would be a little better than scrolling all the blogs (which are good to read since they give people's pain levels, personal comments, and you get to know people and their feelings).
Diagnosis:
Degenerative disc disease throughout spine
Generalized disc bulging with mild narrowing of thecal sac in L2-L3, L3-L4, L4-L5, L5-S1.
Moderate spinal stenosis L4-L5
Foraminal narrowing
Recent compression Fx at T10,T11.
Treatment:
Spinal decompression 2007
Cortisone injection in lower back in 2010
Relieved of pain for now
Hope for ADR
Re: Costs, etc Good idea. Will post our details soon.
Re: Costs, etc I just joined today, and am reading posts that interest me. Did this information get posted somewhere? This is exactly what I am looking for. I am fighting with insurance now, and want to know how much this will cost.
Re: Costs, etc There was a survey/thread somewhere on here with that information. Will have to see if I can find it.
31 years old-
1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!
Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 5.5 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011, completely pain free still!
Re: Costs, etc Thanks for looking this up for me. Insurance stated 2 studies that this is experimental. I am going to post documents on line. The link was Error. You have to pay to view.
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