I had a minor surgery on my face to remove a cancer.
I was approved, medicare/BCBS, for cosmetic surgery.
The surgeon was approved but her facility was not.
She did the surgery at the hospital in the OR.
Which made it even more expensive.................
My sister just had pins put in her broken wrist outpatient. Book billed $43,000 in northwest Arkansas. My wife’s recent 5 day hospital Stay with two surgical procedures was $45,000 book price in Fort Smith.
Anybody want to try to explain the reason for such disparity?