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Can someone please explain why it cost $750,000 to $2M for a transplant?
by rokhayakebe 15y ago
Can someone please explain why it cost $750,000 to $2M for a transplant?
- FireBeyond 15y agoBecause "without it, you will die" is an amazingly effective motivator. Someone I know recently had a double lung transplant. Even with insurance, employer support, and many donations from a large community supporting, he was told that a) the procedure would cost approximately $1-1.1M, and b) that a downpayment in the order of $400,000 would have to be received PRIOR to approval being given for the procedure to go ahead. His insurance? Would only cover $350,000, after the procedure. His illness? Cystic Fibrosis. His age? 32.
- rokhayakebe 15y agoBut how does the cost break down?