1 An umbilical hernia can also be repaired through laparoscopic or open surgery, which can cost an individual without insurance between $4,000 and $11,000. The average individual with insurance can expect to pay between $700 and $2,000.  Some patients opt to delay surgical treatment of a hernia.
This year about 564,800 Americans are expected to die of cancer more than 1,500 people a day. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US, exceeded only by heart disease. One of every four deaths in the US is from cancer. Since 1990, there have been approximately 5 million cancer deaths.
Each year, more than 49,000 people die from colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death due to cancer for men and women combined. It accounts for 8% of the cancer deaths among men and 9% of the cancer deaths among women. Lung cancer is the first, it kills over 100,000 people per year.