Look at the graph in the middle of the page), a portfolio consisting of 70% stocks, from March 2004 to June 2016 would have had an average annual return of 6%. According to them again, this would have outperformed a similarly-invested portfolio significantly (currently, in August 2016), by a cumulative margin of 103.7% against 60.7%.
An appendix removal can cost between $1.500 to $180,000 depending on where you take the surgery. Appendix removal is a common, straightforward operation, so you might expect charges to be similar no matter where the surgery takes place. Yet a California study found huge disparities in patients' bills â $1,500 to $180,000, with an average of $33,000.
Cost of Gall Bladder removal surgery? I had my gall bladder taken out a couple of weeks ago. Most of the bills have been about what I would call reasonable, except for the bill from the hospital. This was a planned outpatient surgery, in which I was in and out in about 5 hours. I received the bill from the hospital and it was $22,918.05. I have searched via Google and see that the costs range from $12k to $25k for the hospital bill. I understand that hospitals are expensive, but this is crazy.