I'm doing an assignment for school that requires me to look up the cost of medical procedures. I've looked everywhere online, and no one seems to know how much it costs. I was wonder if anyone here knows. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Thread: Cost of a Lumbar Puncture?
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06-17-2010, 08:01 AM #1I Raffed Out Rowd
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Cost of a Lumbar Puncture?
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06-17-2010, 09:00 AM #2Bigger Badder Bama
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Check with some insurance carriers, they will have all those numbers, as they are the ones who usually pay for it.
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06-17-2010, 09:27 AM #3Registered User
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When you say "lumbar puncture".........do you mean surgery?Originally Posted by NeoSeminole
If so.....it really depends on where you get it done, who is doing it and what your insurance is willing to pay for.
As for my surgery to S1/L5............pins, screws, fusion, 4 days/nights in hospital, doc's bill, hospital bill, put you to sleep guy's bill, pharm's bill...........the total bill was $365,904.16.
I payed 20% of that..........glad I had insurance.......lol......to say the least.
I had my surgery at Vandy in TN. six months ago.....
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06-17-2010, 09:29 AM #4Registered User
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Originally Posted by NeoSeminole
Work for an insurance company ...
In Rhode Island the company I work for pays our contracted docs $199.21 for a lumbar puncture.
That price is for the lumbar puncture only ... putting the needle in and taking out the spinal fluid.When you don't know what you're talking about just stop talking.
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06-17-2010, 10:45 AM #5Registered User
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Damn, seems like you could have bought your own doctor for a year or so at that price! Amazing how much medical care costs, at least to me..Originally Posted by plmb1
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06-17-2010, 10:51 AM #6Registered User
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Lumbar Puncture: Guess under the right circumstances, BH would do it for free.
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06-17-2010, 11:16 AM #7me
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