I'm wondering what the average cost of the rib resection and scalenectomy surgery is (all told, including physician fee, hospital fee, anesthesiologist fee). For those of you who have had the surgery in the US (and if you are comfortable sharing the info) how much did the surgery cost before insurance? Thanks!

If I recall from some of the old posts,
25k +/- was mentioned but that was years ago and I could even be mixed up w/ some other surgery or forum posts.

It would be interesting to get some updated costs posted, maybe some of the more recent surgery members will share costs info.

Oh gosh... That is a lot.

I am from Europe, Scandinavia, and in my home country there are no TOS specialists who would use modern research and surgery techniques* and therefore I am considering surgery in US.

I do not have a health insurance: 1) I cannot get a one in my home country because I have had a brain tumor, 2) the healthcare in here is free so normally (when having common health problems) I do not need one.

In the case there is someone from UK (I have lived in Wales & London earlier in my life) who would be able to recommend some good TOS surgeon in UK, I would be very happy . I did a comprehensive online search, but I was not able to find one.

*E.g. One size fits all scalenotomy (not scalenectomy) is offered with success rate less than 30 % (more than 60 % of those who go through the surgery will not work again).