What is the average cost of open heart surgery?

Answer 1

In the USA, heart transplants cost about $145,000.00 but this does not include the separate doctor / specialist / surgeon's fees, anesthesia, tests, and costs for complications. It also does not include the ongoing costs of anti-rejection medications.

Medicare and Medicaid might cover some costs, but not all.

Source: Battelle Institute/Seattle Research Center

Answer 2

• According to Transplant Living, the average total cost of a single heart transplant in 2007 was $658,800. This figure includes the cost of obtaining a donor heart, at an average of nearly $90,000, about $23,000 in evaluation fees, $40,000 for doctor's fees, $383,000 in hospital costs, $93,000 in post-operative care, and over $29,000 for immunosuppressive prescription medications. Transplants that involved both a heart and a lung cost an average of $874,800, while heart and kidney combination transplants cost an average of $758,700.

• Read more: How Much Does a Heart Transplant Cost? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_4673173_much-does-heart-transplant-cost.html#ixzz188rXRLT1

Answer 3

It cost over 200,000 dollars total for me. That's why insurance is very important.

Answer 4

if you live in Canada, nothing. it depends on the state in which you live.

Answer 5

it depends on where the transplant will be located, the condition of the pacient and it may be upto 90,000 dollars Canadian

Answer 6

roughly $100,000