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.
The news was startling: 87 percent of customers who had spinal fusion to treat pain due to wear and tear on spinal discs were still in so much pain two years later that they needed more therapies or drugs. Nearly 15 percent had more surgery. Total cost of the post-surgery claims: $11 million. That's on top of the initial fusion surgeries, which can carry price tags of $100,000 each, though insurers don't pay that much. There is a growing number of private insurers that limit the circumstances in which they'll pay for spinal fusions.