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At my healthiest at 31, tons of marathoning and cycling going back a decade I got appendicitis out of the blue, it was $35k and about 15 minutes in the OR. Bac
by mjayhn 6y ago
At my healthiest at 31, tons of marathoning and cycling going back a decade I got appendicitis out of the blue, it was $35k and about 15 minutes in the OR.
Back to healthy now but wow that literally came out of nowhere and I learned a lot of humility about the parts of my body I'm not bruising/breaking.
- tasuki 6y agoYes, I'm not surprised at one-time unexpected expenses. I'm surprised people casually mention several urgent-care visits a year as if it was normal.
- sushshshsh 6y agoAppendicitis can be prevented through dietary choices and the total out of pocket max for a catastrophic health plan is 15k usd at the worst
- mjayhn 6y agoI was about 10% bodyfat and literally in the best shape of my life when it happened. If you can expound on the dietary thing I'd like to hear it. I've heard ideas that its a bile duct blockage but I've never seen any correlation between what blocks that duct and what you eat in any studies. Believe me, I was curious after having my organ ripped out after crawling into the ER after driving myself to the hospital and experiencing my first surgery ever in my life that charged my insurance company $35k.
- tasuki 6y agoI heard eating certain things can trigger appendicitis. I haven't heard about any diet that would reliably prevent it.
- sushshshsh 6y agoSeeds and other hard to digest foods cause appendicitis. It is a dietary choice to avoid nuts and seeds. These bits can get caught in the location of where the appendix is and eventually cause an infection there.
- sushshshsh 6y agoOh, if they only charged your insurance company 35k, that's actually a bit cheap for that surgery. Usually they charge closer to 50 or 75.
- DanBC 6y ago> that charged my insurance company $35k. WHAT THE FUCK. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966171/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966171/ > PATIENTS AND METHODS > Data were collected prospectively on patients undergoing laparoscopic appendicectomy within Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust. Theatre and bed costs were obtained. Cost analysis was performed, and costs were compared to the re-imbursement due. > RESULTS > Fifty laparoscopic appendicectomies were performed. Median operative time was 60 min. The median total operative cost of laparoscopic appendicectomy was £906. Median equipment cost for laparoscopically completed cases was £254. Median total in-patient cost was £1617 (range, £880–£3360). This compared with a mean re-imbursement of £1981 representing a cost benefit of £233 per case (P = 0.0009).
- mjayhn 6y agoWild huh? I think insurance paid $500 for one 500mg Ibuprofen. Even drove myself to the ER, no ambulance, that'd be another $10k I'm sure. https://khn.org/news/appendicitis-is-painful-add-a-41212-surgery-bill-to-the-misery/ https://khn.org/news/appendicitis-is-painful-add-a-41212-sur...
- DanBC 6y ago> Appendicitis can be prevented through dietary choices This is untrue. Appendicitis caused by plant seeds are a minimal number of total cases.
- sushshshsh 6y agoThen what causes it? Appendicitis does not have a random global distribution. Neither do dietary choices.
- effingwewt 6y agoNot knowing the answer isn't carte blanche to throw your pet theory out as fact, either.