tonsillectomy cost
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Topic: tonsillectomy cost
Posted By: sarahm
Subject: tonsillectomy cost
Date Posted: 03 October 2011 at 1:13pm
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Does anyone know the cost of getting a tonsillectomy done privately? trying to decide if we bite the bullet and fork out the money or go on the public list ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: Red
Date Posted: 03 October 2011 at 1:29pm
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Do you have insurance? I would imagine it would a few thousand dollars at least. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: sarahm
Date Posted: 03 October 2011 at 1:43pm
No we dont as DS has a pre existing condition which means no one wants to cover him  ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: Stoked
Date Posted: 03 October 2011 at 2:11pm
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I think mine cost around 5K a couple of years back - that was for an adult though so not sure if a child would be comparable - maybe slightly lower because less medication?? ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 04 October 2011 at 7:14am
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Give one of the hospitals a call and ask, given it cost me a thousand or so on my excess I imagine the actual op was a lot more than that.
How long is the public waiting list? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 04 October 2011 at 11:09am
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Ask the surgeon as most surgeons have a contract price with the hospital they work with. Both my boys got mine done by different surgeons at the same hospital and it was the same price (2.5 years apart). They charged us $3K everything. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 04 October 2011 at 7:43pm
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$3k - $3.6k ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: sarahm
Date Posted: 04 October 2011 at 8:23pm
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Thanks guys, have decided we will see a private specialist to see what their advice is while being on the public list as well and then make the call ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 05 October 2011 at 9:43pm
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For a 30 min surgery, I always thought the cost was a little excessive!
Have you thought about other options than removal? Apparently the removal of tonsils doesnt mean that the child will stop suffering from tonsilitis (I know, sounds stupid considering you remove them) and will still suffer throat infections etc. We've decided to opt for antibiotic treatment etc first to see if things settle down before taking the next step! ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: sarahm
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 6:09pm
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Well it seems the specialist wont make an 'advice wanted' appt, so guess we will stay on the public list. She also told me the cost all up for the appointments and the op would be 4.5k!!
The reason they need to be removed is more because they are so HUGE and when he is sick he sounds like his breathing is kinda obstructed if that makes sense ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: Danash
Date Posted: 07 October 2011 at 5:41pm
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My little man is booked to have his out in November (in Australia though) so the pricing is completely different we get medicare and we have private health insurance. The overnight hospital stay is the biggest chunk.. Surgery is roughly $400 (of which we get back 350.60) - Anathesiast is nothing (covered by medicare) and the hospital is $1965.30 which we should get around half back.
He is having his out because they are also HUGE and he snores like an old man, the concern is the lack of oxygen to the brain. The only option is waiting until he grows in to them which is around the age of 8. He does get tonsilitis but that wasn't the concern. Also large tonsil can affect the hearing too. |