Jus do one procedure femurs stryde and get 176cm, quality height no need to do tibs 5'10 in shoes. Will cost 70kish done move on with your life. The tibs are more dangerous plus! you cold even do 178cm femur but not recommended too much in one seg etc. It's a big enough procedure as it is doing one set.
Quote from: BecomingHuman on August 24, 2020, 07:13:43 PMI want to clarify something: during my consult they explained that the price to do it out of pocket is approximately 140k, but that for patients who can get Medicare approval, the out of pocket expenses are about 20k.
Getting Medicare approval usually requires being pretty below average height plus being able to demonstrate that it has amln adverse effect on your life, including reasonably serious mental issues.
I guess my journey ends here; I don't think 140k is worth it to me.
damn 20k would be amazing
unfortunately im an international so im with allianz andi think think theyll cover it
This is why you shouldn't make a "diary" in the Patient Experiences subforumso early before you even have the money or actual desire to do this. You literally assumed at 5' 7 you would get medicare to cover 120k worth of operations? You're not a dwarf bro.
This thread should be deleted, I'm cringing hard at the lack of common sense
Quote from: kingjesse on August 24, 2020, 08:17:17 PMJus do one procedure femurs stryde and get 176cm, quality height no need to do tibs 5'10 in shoes. Will cost 70kish done move on with your life. The tibs are more dangerous plus! you cold even do 178cm femur but not recommended too much in one seg etc. It's a big enough procedure as it is doing one set.
I assume he meant $140,000 for femurs only. If he did both he'd be looking at $280,000.
I too am curious about the pricing. Is it 140k per segment. i.e. 140k femurs, 140k tibias?
Quote from: ton9031 on August 25, 2020, 09:33:51 AMI too am curious about the pricing. Is it 140k per segment. i.e. 140k femurs, 140k tibias?
I saw OP on here yesterday but as he didn't reply to questions I'll tell you why I believe it's $140,000. At $70,000 aud it would put O'Carrigan as one of the least expensive stryde surgeons in the world in a country with one of the better medical systems. Highly unlikely OP would have declined at that price.
That pricing of $140,000 puts him at more expensive than Dr Paley based on exchange rates as of today.
The high price is in all likelihood intended to dissuade CLL patients as Australian doctors appear incredibly reluctant to perform CLL.
I spoke to his nurse that organises things for Dr Tim, it's about $100,000 but if you have private health insurance you are paying about $50,000.
She reccommend that you go hcf private health insurance.
If you are under 175cm you may get approved for the surgery where they cover about $40-50,000.
I enquired just put of not interest, In case I want to go back and do another 4cms.
And they use precise.
I said to her so if it's about $100,000 would I be paying about 60 -70k and she replied.....Much less.
So I assume you are paying around $50,000 with private health insurance.....But bare in mind this is only for Australians.
So if you are Australian I would get private health insurance now and then attempt to get the approval later on.
Quote from: 4cms on August 28, 2020, 04:42:21 AMI spoke to his nurse that organises things for Dr Tim, it's about $100,000 but if you have private health insurance you are paying about $50,000.
She reccommend that you go hcf private health insurance.
If you are under 175cm you may get approved for the surgery where they cover about $40-50,000.
I enquired just put of not interest, In case I want to go back and do another 4cms.
And they use precise.
I said to her so if it's about $100,000 would I be paying about 60 -70k and she replied.....Much less.
So I assume you are paying around $50,000 with private health insurance.....But bare in mind this is only for Australians.
So if you are Australian I would get private health insurance now and then attempt to get the approval later on.
The cost is for precice or stryde?
Quote from: 4cms on August 28, 2020, 04:42:21 AMI spoke to his nurse that organises things for Dr Tim, it's about $100,000 but if you have private health insurance you are paying about $50,000.
She reccommend that you go hcf private health insurance.
If you are under 175cm you may get approved for the surgery where they cover about $40-50,000.
I enquired just put of not interest, In case I want to go back and do another 4cms.
And they use precise.
I said to her so if it's about $100,000 would I be paying about 60 -70k and she replied.....Much less.
So I assume you are paying around $50,000 with private health insurance.....But bare in mind this is only for Australians.
So if you are Australian I would get private health insurance now and then attempt to get the approval later on.
Hey 4cm,
I DMed you but should probably put it in this thread as well to keep the info public. I have spoken to a couple of people who have had consults with Dr O'Carrigan and including becominghuman the range went from $120,000 to $140,000 without insurance for Stryde on one segment. That the nurse told you $100,000 is concerning that there minimal consistency in their pricing and the secretiveness of LL surgeons in Australia regarding this rubs me the wrong way, how do we know we're not paying way more than the next guy. How can so many other surgeons who perform this surgery give standard pricing but not Australian surgeons?
About the nurse saying if your under 175cm you MAY get approval, this leads me to believe that you personally arrange to get your private health fund to cover you? I understand she is covering all her bases with her "MAY get approval" but if becominghuman was going to be up for $140,000 unless he got medicare coverage and he is 170cm it seems highly unlikely your private health insurance would cover you. The theme that's coming across is that before you pay for your consult and additional tests you are told best case scenario pricing then once you finished paying for your consult and tests they hit you with the actual costs.
I don't even know what you would put your claim in for and how you would go about it as no fund covers cosmetic surgery? If you have much experience with Australian private health insurance you'll know there is no way they will pay $40-50,000 for a 170cm guy for example to get cosmetic limb lengthening.
I will also add that these people were told that he has a max limit of 5cm on both femurs and tibias so if doing femurs you would have to be content with stopping at 5cm.
If anyone else has any experience I'd be curious to hear.
That's her email [email protected], You might want to shoot her a message.
This is her phone number Ph: 0448882810, Its Sunday so I would call her tomorrow.
Probably better for you to call or message her.
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