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This is a misleading article. If the patient truly qualified for outpatient total knee replacement (orthopedic surgeon was out of Cancun in less than 24hrs per

This is a misleading article. If the patient truly qualified for outpatient total knee replacement (orthopedic surgeon was out of Cancun in less than 24hrs per the article), the cost of this procedure would have been around $11,677 in the US at an ambulatory surgical center. Per the article, the cost of the procedure in Cancun was..."but at Galenia, it is only $12,000". I will definitely give credit where it is due, as the inpatient cost in Mexico would be far cheaper than in the US. Disclaimer: I am a medical student, so please keep my biases in mind. I have no skin in the game, and I totally get that prices in the US are abhorrently high. Please read the following articles to gain a better understanding: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.22.3.89 https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.22.3.... https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05144 https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05144 Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/hfss-nir031319.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/hfss-nir0313...

classics2 7y ago
You’re mental if you think you can get a knee replacement for $12k in the us. People who make one trip to the Ed here, with insurance, for something simple like an infection end up with bills over $20k for little more than what ends up being an ultrasound, A lab test and a script for antibiotics.
- Scoundreller 7y ago
  $15.5k at Surgery Centre Oklahoma for a total knee replacement: https://surgerycenterok.com/ https://surgerycenterok.com/ EDs don’t have competition like outpatient surgical centres do.
  - epmaybe 7y ago
    I don't think he read my comment in full, where I specifically mentioned that it would only cost that much at an ambulatory surgical center, linked to a source, and accepted that it would definitely cost more in a hospital.

classics2 7y ago

You’re mental if you think you can get a knee replacement for $12k in the us. People who make one trip to the Ed here, with insurance, for something simple like an infection end up with bills over $20k for little more than what ends up being an ultrasound, A lab test and a script for antibiotics.

Scoundreller 7y ago
$15.5k at Surgery Centre Oklahoma for a total knee replacement: https://surgerycenterok.com/ https://surgerycenterok.com/ EDs don’t have competition like outpatient surgical centres do.
- epmaybe 7y ago
  I don't think he read my comment in full, where I specifically mentioned that it would only cost that much at an ambulatory surgical center, linked to a source, and accepted that it would definitely cost more in a hospital.