Dr. Eid

[Lost Sheep]

With medicare I can afford both the dick and the truck, I'm thinking Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT.

Tom, I had my surgery exactly one year before purcelldds in 2017. I scheduled out three months so I had flexibility to arrange travel and hotel. Dr Eid's office won't schedule you until your labs and cardio clearance are approved, then you can pick an actual surgery date. Contact his office to get things started and they will email you the lab orders for blood work and ekg, a very streamlined process.

I would be thinking AC Cobra or Tesla roadster. But then again, considering my locale, an original Hummer might be a better choice.

But that's just my taste in cars.

[DougAnd]

I haven't gotten the Medicare version yet this was from my supplement. Would be good to know the real deal.

[MyImplant]

FYI.. I had a revision implant installing a Titan to replace LGX. Done by Dr Hellstrum head of Urology at Tulane Med. Stayed one overnight. Total cost:

Billing before discounts approximately $110,000
Billing to my insurer Humana Gold approximately $11,000.
My copay $200

Includes everything.. the surgery, the hospital, the implant device, hospitalization.

Comment. I do not know what Tulane would charge as a cash price if not insurance. Possibly the same as the insurance company negotiated price? I doubt it. But if Tulane is willing to accept the $11,000 maybe a hard negotiator an get them to take the same price in caah paid up front. Bottom line Eids gets about twice what Hellstrum gets. Hellstrum hhad been doing this for 35 years. Averages about 150 to 200 a year. Says he has done about 5,000. Probably more than Eids, Krammer if for no other reason than he has been at it longer. I would guess that Eids, Krammer are doing more implants every year than Hellstrum now. Eids, Krammer are very good at marketing. Hellstrum does not promote his skills. When I told him that I would recommend him, he seemed to shrug it off. He does all of the urological procedures.. not just implants. He is not overtly seem interested in increasing his volume. I am jut guessing. BTW.. nothing wrong with good marketing. And I like Eids and Kramer's accessibility.
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Oh.. Hellstrum says that does about the same number of AMS as Coloplast. Does not seem to be married to one type or vendor. I liked that

[trlewis35]

Big and hard I hope!

Being diabetic I just had labs done about 3 weeks ago hopefully that will work. Did they just want an ekg or a stress test?

[Larry10625]

FYI.. I had a revision implant installing a Titan to replace LGX. Done by Dr Hellstrum head of Urology at Tulane Med. Stayed one overnight. Total cost:

Billing before discounts approximately $110,000
Billing to my insurer Humana Gold approximately $11,000.
My copay $200

Includes everything.. the surgery, the hospital, the implant device, hospitalization.

Comment. I do not know what Tulane would charge as a cash price if not insurance. Possibly the same as the insurance company negotiated price? I doubt it. But if Tulane is willing to accept the $11,000 maybe a hard negotiator an get them to take the same price in caah paid up front. Bottom line Eids gets about twice what Hellstrum gets. Hellstrum hhad been doing this for 35 years. Averages about 150 to 200 a year. Says he has done about 5,000. Probably more than Eids, Krammer if for no other reason than he has been at it longer. I would guess that Eids, Krammer are doing more implants every year than Hellstrum now. Eids, Krammer are very good at marketing. Hellstrum does not promote his skills. When I told him that I would recommend him, he seemed to shrug it off. He does all of the urological procedures.. not just implants. He is not overtly seem interested in increasing his volume. I am jut guessing. BTW.. nothing wrong with good marketing. And I like Eids and Kramer's accessibility.
s
Oh.. Hellstrum says that does about the same number of AMS as Coloplast. Does not seem to be married to one type or vendor. I liked that

Dr. Kramer told me that 95% of his revision surgeries are replacing Coloplast with AMS... Once again, I say DOCTOR KRAMER SAID I do not think it in the patients best interest to exclusively implant one over the other. Not every patient is the same and neither is their anatomy. Some need the Titan and for others, the Titan is not appropriate. I wonder how much extra $$$ they make to stay true to one company???

Larry

[trlewis35]

Lost Sheep,
I would love to have a Cobra and probably never will. I do have a 63 hardtop Impala, 65 GTO, 71 F100 and a 72 El Camino. The Impala and Camino restored drivers.
Tom

[warrenw]

Being diabetic I just had labs done about 3 weeks ago hopefully that will work. Did they just want an ekg or a stress test?

Request a lab order directly from Dr Eid's office. It may be a simple ekg or a stress ekg, depends on what the cardiologist thinks is appropriate for you.

[bldoink]

FYI.. I had a revision implant installing a Titan to replace LGX. Done by Dr Hellstrum head of Urology at Tulane Med. Stayed one overnight. Total cost:

Billing before discounts approximately $110,000
Billing to my insurer Humana Gold approximately $11,000.
My copay $200

Includes everything.. the surgery, the hospital, the implant device, hospitalization.

Comment. I do not know what Tulane would charge as a cash price if not insurance. Possibly the same as the insurance company negotiated price? I doubt it. But if Tulane is willing to accept the $11,000 maybe a hard negotiator an get them to take the same price in caah paid up front. Bottom line Eids gets about twice what Hellstrum gets. Hellstrum hhad been doing this for 35 years. Averages about 150 to 200 a year. Says he has done about 5,000. Probably more than Eids, Krammer if for no other reason than he has been at it longer. I would guess that Eids, Krammer are doing more implants every year than Hellstrum now. Eids, Krammer are very good at marketing. Hellstrum does not promote his skills. When I told him that I would recommend him, he seemed to shrug it off. He does all of the urological procedures.. not just implants. He is not overtly seem interested in increasing his volume. I am jut guessing. BTW.. nothing wrong with good marketing. And I like Eids and Kramer's accessibility.
s
Oh.. Hellstrum says that does about the same number of AMS as Coloplast. Does not seem to be married to one type or vendor. I liked that

Dr. Kramer told me that 95% of his revision surgeries are replacing Coloplast with AMS... Once again, I say DOCTOR KRAMER SAID I do not think it in the patients best interest to exclusively implant one over the other. Not every patient is the same and neither is their anatomy. Some need the Titan and for others, the Titan is not appropriate. I wonder how much extra $$$ they make to stay true to one company???

Larry

With some of your recent posts taken together one could get the impression you're on an anti-Eid campaign. This is from someone with no dog in the fight as I have no implant and no desire to get one.

[Larry10625]

FYI.. I had a revision implant installing a Titan to replace LGX. Done by Dr Hellstrum head of Urology at Tulane Med. Stayed one overnight. Total cost:

Billing before discounts approximately $110,000
Billing to my insurer Humana Gold approximately $11,000.
My copay $200

Includes everything.. the surgery, the hospital, the implant device, hospitalization.

Comment. I do not know what Tulane would charge as a cash price if not insurance. Possibly the same as the insurance company negotiated price? I doubt it. But if Tulane is willing to accept the $11,000 maybe a hard negotiator an get them to take the same price in caah paid up front. Bottom line Eids gets about twice what Hellstrum gets. Hellstrum hhad been doing this for 35 years. Averages about 150 to 200 a year. Says he has done about 5,000. Probably more than Eids, Krammer if for no other reason than he has been at it longer. I would guess that Eids, Krammer are doing more implants every year than Hellstrum now. Eids, Krammer are very good at marketing. Hellstrum does not promote his skills. When I told him that I would recommend him, he seemed to shrug it off. He does all of the urological procedures.. not just implants. He is not overtly seem interested in increasing his volume. I am jut guessing. BTW.. nothing wrong with good marketing. And I like Eids and Kramer's accessibility.
s
Oh.. Hellstrum says that does about the same number of AMS as Coloplast. Does not seem to be married to one type or vendor. I liked that

Dr. Kramer told me that 95% of his revision surgeries are replacing Coloplast with AMS... Once again, I say DOCTOR KRAMER SAID I do not think it in the patients best interest to exclusively implant one over the other. Not every patient is the same and neither is their anatomy. Some need the Titan and for others, the Titan is not appropriate. I wonder how much extra $$$ they make to stay true to one company???

Larry

With some of your recent posts taken together one could get the impression you're on an anti-Eid campaign. This is from someone with no dog in the fight as I have no implant and no desire to get one.

I have nothing against any of them but, I have been reading for over a year, people saying things and when I speak to the actual doctors themselves, I learn that is NOT what they said or NOT what they meant. Not one of them agree with travelling half way across the world to go see them. Some of them are NOT keeping up with current treatment in the medical journals. If repeating what the doctors say ticks people off, they need to speak to the doctors, not me.

Larry

[bldoink]

One or two articles or studies published in a medical journal is not assurance the discussed treatment or procedure is sound. It simply indicates it is probably worth being looked into or researched by others. I'd guess the risk/reward issue plays a part in many medical decisions on newer non-proven procedure or technology. I would be hesitant to clearly infer that the surgeon recognized as the top in his field is being negligent in his duty to keep abreast of medical procedure or technology. Especially by someone identified as the site moderator, whether or not labeled as such in a particular post.

But whatever, not my business. I'm done!