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Ehhh, not quite. Medicare reimbursement on a knee replacement is about $12,500. In the UK, the average price of a private knee replacement is £11,434. Those
by kromem 8y ago
Ehhh, not quite.
Medicare reimbursement on a knee replacement is about $12,500.
In the UK, the average price of a private knee replacement is £11,434.
Those aren't exactly super duper far off from each other and in need of $45,000 price tags (avg US cost of knee replacement) to offset.
- vidarh 8y agoIt's low enough in the UK, that if I lived in the US and found myself needing to pay privately for something non-urgent, I'd probably fly to the UK or elsewhere to do it. There are in fact several private London hospitals that market themselves to foreign patients.
- tomp 8y agoThe doctor (and most other) salaries in the UK are much lower however.