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Shopping for Surgery - June 2015 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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3 8 I t was in the pages of this magazine where I first read about anesthesiologist Keith Smith, MD, the medical director at the Surgery Center of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, who has championed price transparency in surgery with the aim of revamping the U.S. healthcare system to the benefit of facilities, surgeons and patients. Since that light-bulb-illuminating moment, we've followed Dr. Smith's lead by providing one-time fees on our facility's website (sgsc.net): $4,990 for a shoulder arthroscopy, $5,935 for an ACL repair and $950 for a colonoscopy, just to name a few. Each price includes 1 pre- op visit, the facility fee, the surgeon's fee, the anesthesia charge and 1 post-op visit. Shopping for Surgery How to make the self-pay model work for you and your patients. Jerry Hadlock, CRNA | St. George, Utah z THE PRICE IS RIGHT Facilities that promote all-inclusive prices for surgery are poised to tap into a growing market. O U T P A T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | J U N E 2 0 1 5

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