Anyone tried bargaining with surgeons to reduce their surgery bills?

[macoza]

I want to know how to get doctors to reduce their surgery costs? Has anyone here tried to bargain with doctors to reduce their surgery bills?

[ElbowRoom]

The closest I have found is Dr. Hakky will do *some* surgeries in his office, if the patient is healthy enough and requests it, instead of at the hospital. That takes the out-of-pocket costs from ~$29k to ~$22k, plus $500/hr for anesthesia. If you use insurance you have to use the hospital.

Originally I planned an in-office procedure, but then changed insurance and it got covered so I used the hospital. Now that I’ve been through it, I’m glad I had it done in the hospital. It’s a pretty major surgery and if something goes really sideways it’s good to have access to all the hospital resources.