What’s The Ballpark Cost Of Knee Replacement Surgery? I’m Asking For My Mother. This Would Be In New York
She has no knee left at all and would need a replacement.
Posted by atjone Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009
Categories: Surgery
Tags: Asking, Ballpark, Cost, Knee, Mother, Replacement, Surgery, This, Whats, Would
The price of knee joint replacement surgery is very low in India as compared to USA, UK and Canada. My cousin also got her hip replacement surgery in India through the forerunners healthcare .She is more than very happy with the results. She is totally pain free now. She just paid 25% of the amount she was quoted in USA and is all praise for this forerunners healthcare company.
Forerunners Healthcare is very famous in India. I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and magazines. I have read a lot of their patient stories also. They arrange financing for USA, Canadian, UK and other international patients who plan to have surgery abroad for low price, as all joint surgery is not covered by insurance in USA or by NHS in the UK. They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. There are huge cost savings. As a doctor I personally believe that your surgery can be easily handled in India, as the quality of healthcare available In India is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com
Hope this helps.
What is the age of your mother? This is generally covered under Medicare. She would be required to pay her hospital deductible…which last time I checked was $712. After that, her hospitalization is a predetermined rate by medicare and she is not responsible for charges above and beyond what is standard for her condition. She will be responsible for separate anethesiology charges and other consultations, but generally Medicare and the supplement will pick it up. Therapy as an outpatient is covered at 80% under Medicare part B…but the rest is usually picked up by the supplement.
If she has another private insurance, her benefits may be different, but this is generally covered well.
The general consumer usually has to pay only a small amout of the actual charges.
If she had no insurance, no Medicare, no public aid, the ball park cost for hospitalization, surgical suite charges, anethesiology, surgical costs, prosthetic costs would be in the ballpark of $50,000…not including follow up doctor’s visits and rehabilitation.
Some yahoo from forerunners usually chimes in, convincing you to go to India for the surgery because it’s much less expensive…which is true…usually about 1/6 the cost, but this is NOT necessary for the average American resident due to insurance and Medicare (if you don’t fall into that category, I would recommend it and the surgeons in India ARE excellent)