  |
|
 
Cost of Stent and Angioplasty
Tweet
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Current Postings on This Page (83): • National reports show that 60% of medical bills created have errors in India. The world of billing problems is as vast as medicine itself. Many frequent complaints from patient side are: receiving double billing for the same treatment, being billed for the wrong treatment, getting a bill for unexpected costs etc. Problem comes because of human involvement in the entire process before billing creation. It’s generally an estimated that approximately 10-15 people are involved in generating a single patient bill, from the receptionist who collect the personal information from patients, doctors and nurses who treat the patient, pharmacy , lab and housekeeping who provide added services to the patient. So from a billing perspective it becomes very difficult to bill for 50 items in a single time. • hi! i am ve from the Philippines. I would like to seek for help because i want my father to live more. My father is presently suffering from heart problem. He is diagnosed for having several blockages in his heart. The doctor told me that the only way to remove these blockages is through angioplasty or heart bypass. I really don't have the idea about these two procedures but upon reading and searching the internet, i can tell that these processes are too expensive which my family can't shoulder. We're really in need of help. My family earnings cannot suffice all the medical expenses. We have no savings to spend. I will not be tired of looking ways to help my father. I love my father a lot and I want him to live. Posting a comment here could help me or maybe not but at least i tried. Please help...please.... • Over the last two years had a heart attack, 8 angiography, 3 stress test, 2 nuclear gram, 7 stents. Total time in hospital 35 days. This is great place to live New Zealand total cost FREE • 48 Yr old AP done on 14/03/2013, 3 stents in LAD and 2 in RCA in Jullunder pb India, cost 10k usd,I had no ins in US . • Hi! I am a researcher in Health Economics. I am currently working on PTCA cost. I am trying to find the cost of PTCA & stenting, CTA test and consultation cost in each of the 27 EU countries. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance. • I am confused regarding costs at hospitals in America. In 2/12 the cost of leg (1) in Oklahoma was $28,000. In 11/12 I returned for surgery (2 legs 2 stents in Illinois at a cost of $66,000. How can such a difference exist in cost/expense? Crazy!! • Hi,my father had a TMT test so far,actually the day we reached the hospital my father was so tired due to journey from jeypore to vishakhapatanam.he hadnt enough food also we reported at 9am & TMT test happened at 6pm.due to tiredness he was having fatigue in 3rd level tmt test.now doctors advised for Angiography test.my father is diabetic patient.please advise should we go for Angiography test?as per Tmt test,but my father seems normal no chest pain nothing. • I don't understand why in this world there are so many people discussing the cost while few people concerning about prevention. As far as I know, stent WILL NOT solve the problem, because it enlarges the blocked part of your blood vessel to allow smooth blood flow, but fails to prevent buildup in your blood vessel from forming. This is why in average 3 years patients need another stent. If you live in the U.S. and want to try a different approach, please e-mail atlantagreenliving@gmail.com. My ways include DIY-acupressure, supplementation, diet modification, and safe exercise. If you live outside of Atlanta, GA, you need to have internet access and webcam, as I will show you locate acupoints on line. • Here in Cairo- Egypt we do angioplasty with one drug eluting stent (FDA approved) for only 4000$+ 2000$ for any further stent (this includes the doctors fees, one day stay and the routine medications. Our hospital is only 5 minutes away from Cairo airport. We are the best hands and all of us is a member of the European society of cardiology and intervention subgroup,you will find the care you need with the lowest cost possible. Call me on 002 011 41003596 for any further information or by e-mail hazemelshenawi@yahoo.com • I was advised to go to the emergency room after passing out with convulsions at my pulmonary doctors office while doing a spirometry. The stay was from 10-31-2012 (about 1:00pm) to 11-3-2012. a drug-eluting stent was put in an artery , OM2 (a lesser artery to my understanding), on 11-02-2012. I received my bill a few day later for $92,377.69 from Tampa General Hospital. Not including any of the doctors.1 HB G0290 STENT DRUG ELUTING $23,855.69. I was also charged for 500 BIVALIRUDIN 250 MG SOLR at a total price of $8,925.00. This seems a little high. I am uninsured due to pre-existing condition of C.O.P.D. Is there anywhere I can find out what the actual costs should be? They are willing to "negotiate", but I have no idea what is REASONABLE to begin with. I know I will NEVER go to a hospital again. • My sister (age 72 and diabetic) living in California recently had an angiogram, using contrast dye, which showed 3 arterial blockages of 90/70/50%. Upon hospital admission, when the cardiologist went to put in stents, he informed her the arteries were CLEAR! How could this be? Also important, will her insurance and Medicare still pay? Are false-positives possible with this type of angiogram. I thought it was fairly definitive for blockages. They would tell her nothing at the hospital. She must wait for Cardiologist appointment. • About the cost of angioplasty and stenting in the US based on medicare payment: • I had the OM1 stented for a 90% blockage and 3 stents in the RCA for 100% blockage over the course of 2 weeks to minimize possible kidneys damage due to excessive dye usage. My saving grace was the fact that I fall into 5% of the population whose 3 arteries were the same size. Now I have never felt better... no more angina. A special thanks to the cardiologist and OHIP in Canada as it didn't cost a thing. • I have recently done my fathers heart bypass surgery in Bajaj Hospital, Aurangaba, India. there is 4 blockages, I had total expenses $4000 including ICU & Room charges for 10 day hospitalization, Most well come to India for plasty & bypass surgery visit on www.bajajhospital.com • What is the cost of angioplasty at aiims, newdelhi • Hello I'm 51 yrs old had 1 stent placed on 6/2012 it took about 1 to 2 hrs total cost with hospital stay $101,000.00. I feel great. Dr. did an excellent job. I will recommend this procedure oh by the way i had 99% blockage / College Station Med is the place to have this procedure done hi tech equipment best doctors in the State Of Texas. • Hello. I am a retired doctor age 67 who has just undergone an angioplasty and stent insertion in my LAD coronary artery. I am writing this for world consumption. It was free. My daughter married a New Yorker and I have a grandson born in Manhattan. I am quite concerned at the ignorance of many (but not all Americans) as to the efficiency of a nationalised health service. Do they realise the UK NHS costs about a half of the USA model? How can they believe such a system is a bad thing? Are they so prejudiced as to deny themselves the best just to prove a point? Please you anti "Obamacarers" could you explain your logic to me. This is a serious request. Thank you. • Went to hospital in Kelowna B.C.. Suffering from heart attack, after routine ECG while on stretcher in hall, rushed to ER cubicle and 14 minutes later was in cath lab and received angioplasty and stent. In CICU for 2 nights then regular cardiac unit many tests released from hospital with virtually no heart damage. Had a 100% blockage of my left aorta. Life saving priceless. Bill zero. • April 16 I suffered a heart attack, went to emergency in St. Thomas Ontario, received one stent via angioplasty in London Ontario and spent a total of four nights in hospital. I am feeling terrific and thankful to all of medical team. At no time was there any mention of a waiting list for the life saving treatment I required. The bill was zero, and paying extra in taxes is the best investment I ever made. • I had my angiogram March 12,2012 and had angioplasty procedure yesterday March 14, 2012. they put 3 stents,it took the doctors 3 hrs to finish and had to stay overnight as a precaution, all for FREE. I am an immigrant from the Philippines. If I had not been approved to migrate to Canada, I don't know if we would be able to shoulder the expenses. Thanks to Canada's health care program. • What is lowest cost of medicated stent paying for Lowest Bed at AIIMS, New Delhi, India
• does medicare pay for more than one stent implanted during the same procedure. Doc in Sarasota said, "it's against the medicare law to insert more than one stent, if you need more they have to be implanted individually. Oh that makes sense, medicare wants to pay more. Is the doc lying?? thanks • I had exercise test + ecg + heart scan + angiogram + angioplasty along with 2 stents to my right and left coronary arteries at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast United Kingdom total cost including the drugs I'm taking (FREE) i do feel so sorry for people in the Philippines and other countries whose government cannot provide health care,,,,i have a friend from outside Manila Philippines who had saved up all his life for retirement only to have one stent fitted at a cost of 1 million pesos my wife is Filipina and I'm British,,,,so we are very lucky where we live and our health care is first class although it does have its ups and downs.... I wish everyone good health for the future. • Help...anyone know how much its roughly cost for the cardiologist in Singapore? My dad was admitted by ambulance plane from Jakarta to Singapore on Friday due to heart attack. The doctor put 2 stent on his left artery which cost 11,000. The bill so far comes up to 32,000 including pharmacy, room charges (ICU), X-ray. The anesthetic doctor just told me today that his own fee is $7000. Is this reasonable? The cardiologist hasn't mentioned anything but i am scared that the bill might be really high. Please help! Thanks • Karl.....Your insurance will not pay the hospital 110K. There is a fixed rate paid for an interventional procedure. For example, if you had more than 2 stents placed in your RCA or Right Coronary Artery...the insurance company will only pay for the full price of 2 stents and half the price of the 3rd. So all in all the hospital will be paid 25 to 30K for your full stay...this also includes recovery room charges. If you have to pay a % of the charges...make sure you find out what the insurance paid and that's what you base your charges to be...not the hospitals inflated price. • I live in the uk and had a exercise test, nuclear medical test, angiogram, angioplasty with 2 drug eluding [eluting] stents and 5 days in hospital in march 2011 all for FREE • What is lowest cost of stent paying for Lowest Bed at AIIMS, New Delhi, India • I just had 5 stent inserted into CA to the tune of 110,000 us dollars! When I opened the bill i almost needed another cardio service. Hopefully, the insurance will pick up most of it. The "most advanced" country has a health care system for the privileged only. When will the Americans wake up and put a stop to the greed? All you Americans, quit bashing the Canadian healthcare. Just keep up with your patriotism and make the richer! • Response to the Angioplasty.Org Staff, Angioplasty.Org, What about patients that had a cath because of a positive stress test and have been found to have a "Widow Maker" or Left Main disease? Is it safe for those patients to wait 6 months on a waiting list to have a Bypass or the new trial LM stenting? So my point was to stop the BS about Canadian medicine being better because its free...which us educated posters or readers know that nothing is free...there is always a price to pay. In the USA some pay the high cost of health insurance and get great care and the ones that cant pay still get the procedures performed. In the US...hospitals CANNOT refuse care to the uninsured or poor. In others countries with socialized medicine...you pay through the WAzoo in taxes and get a nice waiting list...Even if you have the worst in coronary disease...the Left Main killer. Try going to England on vacation and having to visit the ER...you will quickly understand that you better have insurance or a British past port! In the US...even if you are not here legally...you still get free bypass or invasive care...this is why our health insurance is so expensive. • Hi My dad is suffering for a heart disease having a clot in his heart's veins. The doctor advise is to undergo angioplasty here in Cebu Philippines. I do not have an estimated price for it yet but they said it may reach 1million pesos. This is to high for us and trying to find the amount so we can save our dad's life. Anybody that can give any advises. Thank you.
• It really BURNS me to read this garbage from some on here. I have family that live in Canada, and a family member that had a heart attack. He went to the hospital and was told he had to be put on a waiting list for 6 months!!! He came to New York and had it done the next day. We don't have a waiting list here in the USA...A smart person gets health insurance. You want the best...you have to pay for it. We don't have socialist medical care in the US...even though the fool in the white house is trying to get us there. I don't want some idiot that's not a doctor telling me to wait 6 months. How do you think Canadians get free healthcare? They have high tax...I don't care what you say, I have family that lives in Canada and they pay high taxes. Don't act like everything is rosey...if you are going to tell a story, tell the entire story. You have a waiting list and most die before their number is called.!!!!!! • I had venous angioplasty in Seattle on Feb.11/11, it cost me $5800 plus $1200 travel and hotel. I'm Canadian and universal healthcare failed me in this situation. All Canadians are entitled to free angio, test, etc...unless you've been diagnosed with MS. I'm grateful I had the options to go to the US and the staff treated me like gold but I would rather have stayed in Canada but 'politics' and money determines what is allowed for health care. • I was just in the hospital and had 4 stents put in my heart. After reading these messages, I have no idea what the cost will be. I know it will be overwhelming. I have insurance that requires a co pay of $3,000, and only covers 70% of what's left over from the bill. From the looks of what it costs just for one stent, I can only imagine that my bill will be somewhere in the $60,000 range, meaning that I will end up with a bill I have to pay that is around $18,000. I make $25,000 a year. So much for insurance. • To Jason D of Toronto. Where do you get off bad mouthing American Health Care and blaming it on the Republicans! You need to keep your Canadian bleeding heart universal health care where it belongs and come and take that phony pretend to be an American Neil Young back with you. We have excellent health care here. Rich or poor! We do not want universal health care. It sucks! • Would anyone be able to advise on how much it would cost for an angioplasty in Jahannesburg South Africa? • My dad had to be brought into Emergency by ambulance for a heart attack. They have put 2 drug-eluting stents and will have to stay in hospital for 3 days with 1 day in ICU. What would be the approx costs without insurance? • It is astounding the variation in costs, although the US seems to beat all with it's high price tags. I had 4 stents put in 5 weeks ago after 2 MI and a cardiac arrest. The total cost to me was 300 euro [roughly 400 US$]. This cost was a statutory 75 euro per diem cost for all hospital patients. The actual stents and medical care were free. I do not have any private insurance and don't need it if it is an emergency case. However, the real cost is aftercare, where my meds are costing 322 euro per month, but the Govt here cap that at 120 per month, so it's not too bad at 30 euro per week to stay alive. The main thing is that the wonderful doctors and nurses saved my life, and thank God for them, all over the world doing their wonderful and mostly thankless jobs. I still wouldn't like to be dependant on the US medical system though, but Canada sounds great:) • My Mom needs an angioplasty. We are from the Philippines. Do you know any hospital or doctor that do this for charity in the Philippines? We are an average family. We cannot afford to do loans as we have no means of paying. Can anyone give us referrals to any doctor or hospital? • In August 2007 I had 2 stents and 1 angioplasty for a grand total of $60,000 US. A supreme rip off for 45 minutes of work and 2 days in the hospital. The up side is that I am still around to complain. • In July had one stent inserted in LVCF and 7.5 hours to the minute I arrived in the ER, I walked out of the hospital on my own accord realizing I could not afford the bill. Below is the itemized bill as received 3 days after I got home. Card Cath: $23046.20 (0659h-0718h -- 19 minutes) TOTAL: $47859.35 Guess if I was insured, would've cost more?
Healthcare is so much cause it's a means to an end! • In Romania the cost of angioplasty with
one farmacological stent (the best) is 4000 EURO + 300 EURO for hospital
accommodation (all inclusive). I am Director
of Marketing & Sales of the Center of Excellence in Interventional Cardiology
in Romania. We have 10 interventional doctors (the best in EUROPE all of them
are "FELLOW OF EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY AND ALL HAVE + 4000 PROCCEDURE
ALLREADY DONE! Our vision is to make medical
tourism from USA, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, RUSSIA, WORLDWIDE, so, for more information
please
visit www.e-cardiologie.ro
or http://facebook.com/Cardiologie.Interventionalawww.deltahospital.roor
call at. 004 0733.248.620 (Mario Plescan Director of Marketing & Sales)
004 0726767677 Dr. Oren Iancovici General Manager of MED NEW LIFE CARDIOLOGY • I had a quadruple CABG 15 years ago at
the Singapore General Hospital - that cost me about USD4000 all-in at
that time. Two weeks ago, I had angioplasty and two stents implanted
- this time, the all-in cost is USD6000.Reading some of the horror stories
above, especially from the USA and Philippines, I wonder how their governments
justify their very existence to the people. • REGARDING BASEETH'S
reply from Bangalore India about cost of Angioplasty with 1 stent : The cost in Bangalore
India is 170.000 INR (Equal to about 4000 US dollars) . This 10 times
Economical than US .Even a radial angioplasty in Chennai will not cost
more than 5000 US dollars for an Equivalent procedure done by cardiologists
who perform more than 1000 procedures per Year . • In July '08 I had angioplasty with one
stent in the RCA. I was in the hospital about 3 days with many tests
while I was in the unstable angina phase. I believe the surgeons fee
was 25,000 with the total bill running about 77,000. • I had angioplasty & stent and due to serious
problems due to an underlying health problem I had 2 additional
angioplasties and then had to be hospitalized for 3 weeks on top
of it. Thankfully
I live in Canada and didn't have to give the cost a second
thought. Our taxes aren't that much higher than what is paid in the US
(I
know, I
compare with friends there regularly) so it boggles the mind
that Americans accept not having universal health care - the ONLY country
in the Western
World without it. It's shameful that so much is spent on (unnecessary)
war, but so little spent on health care in the US. Breaks my
heart
that the US Republicans use 'fear' to keep American people from
revolting. Your health care will be BETTER with universal health care.
Good
doctors, who care do not want to work in a system where everyone
doesn't have
equal access to top quality health care. Doctors in countries
with universal
health care are doctors because they care and want to heal,
not so they can line their pockets with money and assembly line treatment.
Sorry, but you Americans are sadly misinformed about universal
health
care,
its cost and its quality. So sad... • Thank God I live in Canada!! Hospital visit,
all tests done for unstable angina (x-rays, cardio, drugs etc. etc.)
Referred to local cardiologist. Home..
Awoke with pain, sweating, vomiting. Ambulance to main hospital. Further tests
completed there. Immediately sent by ambulance (120kms) to cardiac hosp. One
drug eltuing stent, two days in hosp. returned to home hosp.by ambulance, one
more day in hospital. All drugs, treatment, continuing drugs...COST! ZERO!!!!
Wake up Americans...grasp
your new plan being proposed by President Obama..... • The cost of my single stent was $56000
doctor cost $2500 and the rest was costs for a 2.5 day stay at Bert
Fish Hospital New Smyrna Beach Florida. When I complained the cost was
reduced
by a whopping 50% BUT the ambulance traveled 4.5 miles and cost $850
a doctor examined my ecg cost $900 see my extras a painful tearing
of my right thigh no where near the entry site that was a freebee. The
actual
stent was $18000 yes siree here in the US of A we like to think BIG
big greed big rip offs and nasty lawyers to give you lead boots if you
don't
pay
up.
And we thought Al Capone was dead. • My dad undergone an angioplasty along with
one stent called Cypher company, he was suffering with burning sensation
near near chest, but after angioplasty
he is all right now it cost us around 1,70,000 indian rupees in bangalore jayadeve
hospital. Angioplasty.Org Staff, Angioplasty.Org, February 19, 2011 • I would like to know if there are doctors
and hospitals that will do angiogram and angioplasty for free? I am
9 years old from Cebu, Philippines. I have realized that this is such
a
cruel world. Why cant they do angiogram and angioplasty to my dad
before they ask us about payment.they want us to deposit 300,000 pesos
so
they can start the procedure.they also said that it will cost til million
pesos.its so hard seeing my dad in the ICU fighting for his life.we
tried
to
sell our things so we can give him medicine everyday. • I just had my angiogram yesterday afternoon..Feb
9 at 330 pm. It took them to finish it for only 15 minutes. But I have
to wait for 6 hours before
I was discharge. Thank God that there are no clogged arteries in my heart.
The only problem is my heart is enlarge. It costs 2500 Brunei dollars
here, but it
is really painless. • I live in Nova Scotia, Canada and presently
carry around 3 stents in my 52 year old body, and will be receiving
a fourth this week. The cost to me- $0.00.I am alive and still solvent
because our medical system works.The one observation I should like
to
enter into the conversation is the peace of mind (of both the patient
and loved ones) from knowing we will be taken care of without debilitating
financial loss. Angioplasty.Org Staff, Angioplasty.Org, January 26, 2011 • i had a MI - primary angioplasty PTCA to
LAD (4 by 18 mm) Promus stent costs around 1.25 L INR at Pune India last
week at age 39. I feel absolute normal
immediately after that. I want to know what is the life of stent which is inserted?
will it go for next 20-30 years (assume all diets and precautions are taken?) • In 2001 I had triple heart bypass. The
surgeons' and doctors' bills came to about $9,000. The hospital bill
for three days was $163,000. At that time I could have stayed at some
place like the Ritz Carlton or Plaza with all the necessary equipment
and 24 hour nursing care for less than, to be generous, $10,000. Obviously
I could not pay, nevertheless I received a summons to appear in court
less than a week after the operation. Fortunately, I have almost nothing.
I have heard of people whose homes were confiscated. Happens a lot.That's
about all. Many people have go bankrupt. When you are sufficiently
poor and old here, in the USA you can get Medicaid which pays for Medicare
does not. In America you have to be either extremely poor, pay through
the nose for health insurance. • Usmaz -- your post is a bit off-topic (this
ForumTopic is about costs) but our quick answer is that you need to get
this advice from your cardiologist -- it's not really possible to advise
you
on the
proper treatment long distance. One thing we can say is that the "percent
blockage" is not always a reliable measure, since the real question
is whether or not the blockage is limiting the blood flow (see our
article
on Fractional
Flow Reserve). • i
am 51 diabetic-13 years my angio2010 shows 1. ANGIOGRAPHY 2010- LMS:-
Distal tapering - LAD patent stent ( surgeon says
stent stenosis is
there) 65% disease in proximal and distal course.- LCX :- 80% ostial
stenosis- RCA 50% in proximal and distal course and 60% ostial disease
of PDA- LV
function
good what's best treatment? • Having read most of these email on Angiograms,
I am truly amazed that the U.S. is still screwing just about everyone with
their so called Health Care. I, personally have had since 1984 , 2 carotid
artery surgeries,one triple bypass surgery, 14 angiograms with 6 stents,
and another angiogram to come in the next 3 weeks. Total cost $0, you see
I live in Saskatchewan the original home of medicare in Canada. The history
of it's inception in 1960, is quite wild, with the doctors going on strike,
and our social democratic govt having to import doctors to get the program
off the ground.It became so successful the rest of Canada wanted it. Now
you wouldn't dare take it away. Hooray for us! • Tom -- thanks again -- although I think my
point about the history is that, while the idea of angioplasty started in
the U.S., the nuts and bolts of making it feasible and actually performing
doing the first procedures...that was done in Europe, under a "Medicare-like" healthcare
system. The cardiologist who invented this, Andreas
Gruentzig,
was then recruited by U.S. institutions a few years laters. Interestingly
enough, one place that wanted him very much was in San Francisco -- but he
didn't wind up there and one reason was that California would not let him
practice medicine without going through a long licensing procedure -- this
for the man who three years earlier had invented coronary angioplasty! • To Forum Editor: Your
brief history of angioplasty was great and I will definitely look for the hardcover version. As I understand
from it, the concept
of angioplasty originated in the USA, it got copied by others, who in turn immigrated
to USA to promote it and to perfect it, and now the whole world is benefiting,
I am happy and proud of such outcome, and I can not imagine why anyone would
want
to spend medicare funds to "change" it. • I had 5 stents put in last year after having
a heart attack. This cost about $140,000 without any insurance. I paid
about $30,000 and they wrote the rest off. This year I had to have another
stent put in with insurance and the total cost was $400. Without insurance
they did the surgery and that was it. With insurance I have already had
6 follow up appointments. Everything is about money and not the care
of the patient. It is a sad world we live in. • To the person who wrote the following: "I
had a stent inserted on 11/5/09 at RVMC in Southern Oregon, and I just
got a bill for $33,708.00
When I was admitted, the estimate for an 'Angiogram and possible stent'
was $10,000.00..." -- I've just gone through the nightmare
of the U.S. healthcare system. I had an angioplasty done at St. Luke's
Hospital in
Milwaukee. Here are the charges I suffered: • My father underwent angioplasty in Manipal Hospital
on 30'th Sept 2010. The cost of the whole procedure came to around 2.1
lac. A medicated stent of cypher was used for this procedure. The cost
of the stet was around 1.1 lac. • can somebody tell me about stent. which one is
best, bare metal, drug eluting or chromium stent as doctors advised to
my father to implant immediately.
and
how much will cost in nishter hospital in multan or in lahore. • Hi, My mom underwent the replacement of the stent
for heart in Lilavati Hospital - Mumbai. It costed around 35K for 2 nights.
Now she is fine and healthy. • Tom of Encinitas -- thanks for the shout out about
our "great web site"! I would only say that "Obamacare" has not really
kicked in yet, except in benefits for people under 26 who can stay on their
parents' medical plan, and the ability of people with pre-existing conditions
to not be refused -- all good things. We will see if this plan stifles
innovation. (And now I get to talk about my favorite subject: history!)
I can tell you absolutely that angioplasty and all these great devices
might
not exist
if it were
not
for the European
healthcare
system
(which some call "socialism"!!). The concept of angioplasty was conceived
and applied (to legs) in 1964 by Charles Dotter, a radiologist in Portland,
Oregon. He was laughed off by the medical profession and insurance companies
in the U.S. who were interested only in doing what they always did. (His
nickname became "Crazy Charlie".) Thank goodness a German radiologist,
Eberhardt Zeitler, visited Dotter and took
the technique
back
to Europe,
where in
the 70's
a young
doctor from Zurich, Andreas Gruentzig, saw it and perfected it for the
heart. All these European doctors worked in university hospitals on fixed
salaries.
But
it was an
environment
that fostered research, curiosity and science. Of course, when Gruentzig
realized the technique had to grow and be taught on a large scale, he came
to the U.S.! By the way, for any of you out there interested in this fascinating
story, you can see it on our DVD, "PTCA:
A History" -- now on sale!! ;-) • It is easy to go stumping for obamacare after
your own hospital bill arrives, and it is easy to exploit the protesters,
but please, slow down and think a bit! obamacare promised to lower medical
costs .... but the costs are rising, worst of all for seniors. This great
web site reports on many new miraculous discoveries and procedures, magical
doctors and fantastic machines and implements, all of which are prolonging
our lives. These miracles would not be possible if the doctors and scientists
had their wings clipped, which is major part of the obamacare. If you
like obamacare, stock up on Laudanum. • Hello. I had a stent inserted into one of my arteries
the day before yesterday. It is a BMS (Bare Metal Stent) and not a medicated
stent. The whole procedure
cost me around Rs. 1.4 lakhs including hospitalization. I was in the hospital
for two days. • I made a previous entry
on the 4th of October 2009, that being I had 2x Promus drug eluting stents put in, one in the
mid LAD and one in the Circumflex artery via right radial access. The procedure
was done at Wakefield Hospital in New Zealand and cost $21,000 New Zealand
Dollars. At the time I experienced absolutely no pain or any side effects
what so ever and I could not believe how successful the procedure was.
Nearly a year has passed since the procedure and to date I have not experienced
any form of pain or any form of side effect what so ever. The procedure
has been absolutely fantastic. • I underwent Angiogram, Angioplasty and stent implantation
of LAD and OM and a 5 night stay last week, at a hospital in Mysore, India.
The stents used
were Promus Everolimus Eluting Stents. The total cost of all of the above was
US$ 7750 of which US$ 6400 was covered by Insurance. • in May 2010 I had an angio, one standard stent,
one night in hospital for $6600 in UNICAR, a top-rate cardiac unit in
Guatemala City. • Sgt. Jerry, We think so -- but you should check
directly with VA. • will veterans administration pay for veterans
who have this procedure? • I have a friend who has had a second stroke (40years
old). His new doctor said he needs to have a stent. But now he has to
find a doctor who will be willing to work out a payment plan. He has no
insurance
so they're just sending him home after a 2 day stay. We are in TN/MS
does anyone know how we can find help? How
much will this cost? • I think all the heart blockage removal technique
should be more cheaper price in INDIA than existing price. pls help me
to tell who is cheapest in DELHI
for Stents (to open the blockage) • To all readers -- The Forum on Angioplasty.Org
does not accept postings that are commercial in nature and, although the
post below fits that description, we're putting it up anyway since it might
be of some help to someone. But with the caveat that we do not in any way
recommend this particular service nor do we have any connection to it.
But as can be seen throughout this thread, a number of U.S. citizens who
have
no insurance
are finding it cheaper to travel abroad for interventional procedures.
We sincerely hope that this situation will be rectified by the health care
reform legislation -- but for the meantime, anyone contemplating going
abroad should perform "due diligence" and research all aspects of where
they are
going.
It is definitely a "buyer beware" situation. Although there are
many excellent facilities and cardiologists around the world with state-of-the-art
advanced facilities. • This is a company that helps patitents seeking
all forms of medical travel programs. There is so many Uninsured, Insured
patients with restricted coverage due to pre-existing conditions.WHY YOU
DONT TAKE A LOOK ABROAD? See us at facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=374287602487 • Can any one suggest me what is the cost of Angioplasty
in India, and some of the good places to go for it.Many Thanks. • For me it cost nothing - free at the point of
use healthcare in the UK! Three stents inserted, 3 days in CCU post-procedure
including 1-on-1 nursing care. Love the NHS! • Kelvin -- the stent itself costs somewhere between
$800-2,000 or so, depending on type (bare metal or drug-eluting) but
you can't buy a stent -- it has to be put in by the interventional cardiologist
-- and the size (diameter and length) etc. can only be determined in
the cath lab during the procedure. As you can see from other posts, the
stent
itself is only a very small part of the procedure's cost. • Need a good quality Stent for my mom to have the
cardiac surgery. Where
can I buy it through? • I am sitting at Escort Heart Inst. India. My
husband has a stent put in yesterday. The entire bill including food
for me and a place for me to sleep for 3 days now and a work up on him
(angiography
and stress test with nuclear medicine) is $9,686.78 US. The total cost
with our first class air tickets from the US and a 27 day stay in India
(in case he had to have by-pass) will be about 22T. We lost our insurance
when he changed jobs and the insurance companies would not insure him
due to pre-existing condition i.e. chest pain about 2 years ago. I really
hope
President Obama is able to get some health care reform. Otherwise only
government employees will have health care. |
|||||||||||||
