Raisman and McKayla Maroney, another prominent gymnast, recently spoke out about abuse at the hands of Nassar. Maroney said Nassar molested her starting when she was 13 under the guise of providing medically necessary treatment. Raisman, now 23, said she was first treated by Nassar when she was 15.
How much you can expect to pay out of pocket for herniated disc surgery, including what people paid in 2017. For patients not covered by health insurance, herniated disc surgery can cost between $20,000 and $50,000 or more, including the surgeon's fee, anesthesiologist and facility fee. 1  A minimally invasive outpatient microdiscectomy would typically fall on the lower end, while an inpatient open discectomy with a hospital stay would fall on the higher end.
Explain to interested patients that among patients with back pain caused by a herniated disc, both surgery and nonsurgical treatment improved health and quality of life. Explain that although surgery proved cost-effective in this study, the methods used for assigning costs varied.