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Vol. XIV, No. 1Archive > January, 2013

Editor's Page - Cash-Only Surgery

Surgery center posts all-inclusive prices for surgery online.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

A knee arthroscopy at the Surgery Center of Oklahoma is $3,740. A tonsillectomy is $3,050. Tympanoplasty? $5,060. Carpal tunnel release? $2,750. Those prices include the facility fee, the surgeon's fee and the anesthesiologist's fee.

 
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