Medical Malpractice

How much is a Circumcision at a hospital and does?

How much is a Circumcision at a hospital and do you pay up front or is it billed? I have medicaid in north carolina and medicad doesnt cover it and is it more if you go back at later time to get it done?

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1. for us, it was $300 in the hospital and we had to pay up front.
2. Mine was $35 with insurance and we paid after. We also decided to have a pediatric urologist do it.
3. Hmm... I paid my OBGYN for it because he performed it. It was about $200 but my insurance might have paid some. I don't really know. It is billed though, not paid upfront. I would not get it done later... the poor kid will be upset enough :)
4. I hear that it's about $150-$200, but I live in Canada so we get 80% of the money back or we can use our Health Cards (government will pay for it, but it depends on which doctor you see and what is being done). But yes...around $200 sounds about right.
5. I am in Canada, so this option may not apply in the states. I didn't have my son circumcised in the hospital ($300 - and not covered by insurance/not sure about billing). We arranged to have it done by a physician who does circumcisions at his office ($100/ea.) - a friend recommended him and we were glad we went with him. My son had absolutely no discomfort and no issues came up after the procedure was over. We made an appointment for after we were out of the hospital - this doctor preferred to do it before the baby gets to a certain weight - I think it was 10lbs, but we missed that boat because he was 10lbs. 8oz at birth. :)
6. I would call your local hospital or clinic and ask them, but whatever you decide, do it sooner rather than later. The older he is, the longer it will take to heal.
7. 200 and paid later
8. Ours was billed but our insurance covered it. We did get a bill and it was 600 dollars before insurance. I am pretty sure it cost more if you get it done later. More risks involved means more precautions and more money. I live in Indiana.
9. i live in Canada and it is not covered by ohip.. you pay $100 upfront to the doctor and $70 to the hospital when you are billed a few weeks after
10. It's like 500 bucks now a days. Medicaid doesn't cover it because it's cosmetic surgery. There is absoultly no reason to circumcise a child so insurance companys won't cover it. Besides it's his penis not yours. You don't have a right to touch it. -Connor
11. I do not understand why your insurance won't pay for it. I have medicaid and they paid for my son's. That was six years ago though and in a different state.
12. I'm thrilled to hear that my tax dollars aren't being used for medically unnecessary cosmetic surgery! Hurrah! Do your research before you elect to have it done!
13. normally a few hundred dollars, will vary from doctor to doctor and hospital to hospital. It generally cheaper to get it done at the doctors office. (and it reduces the risk of MRSA infection) Have you considered not circumcising? Here's some more information that may be helpful. .. I would recommend NOT circumcising your son. The benefits do not outweigh the risks. One analysis found that for every 9 boys who might be spared a UTI by circumcision, another 12 boys at the least (the upper estimate was 40 boys) will experience severe complications from the circumcision. Thats great if your boy is one of the 9, but horrible if he's one of the 12. UTIs can be treated by antibiotics quite effectively. Botched circumcisions are much more difficult to fix. Its also worth noting that 99% of intact boys will never get an infection, compared to 99.9% of cut boys. That means you would have to cut 100 boys to save just one of them from infection. Thats 99 boys cut for no reason at all. Out of every 1000 boys who are cut, one will contract a UTI anyway. Only 50% of boys nationwide are circumcised. Girls of your son's generation will likely have an entirely different view of circumcision as girls from yours. Just because you think intact is "gross" and "unsanitary" does not mean the women of your son's generation will. after all, think of all the differences between you and your parents. Did you know that when your grandparents were young, circumcision was very uncommon? Next, it is VERY painful to an infant. Most doctors still don't use any anesthesia, those that do rarely offer adequate anesthesia because the only stuff that works is not safe enough to use in infants for such a "minor" procedure. Further, some of the pain meds offered to infants aren't even recommended for use on babies! Some doctors argue that it has been done "for thousands of years" without anesthetic- what they neglect to tell you is that a medical circumcision can take over 15 minutes to complete. A Jewish ritual circumcision, by contrast, takes under 60 seconds to complete (and the baby is given wine) Here is some info on the pain..... http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/ http://www.circumcision.org/response.htm http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/taddio2... (note in this one that even infants offered pain meds for the procedure showed signs of post traumatic stress!) You should also know that studies have shown that the most sensitive parts of the male anatomy of ON the foreskin- NOT the head of the penis. By cutting off the foreskin, you remove a mans most erogenous genital tissue. Here is a study about that.... (note that other studies found no difference, but they neglected to test the sensitivity of the foreskin- they only tested the glans penis of intact and cut men and didn't pay any attention to the foreskin at all) http://www.nocirc.org/touch-test/touchte... You should know that infant boys are EASIER to care for when they are intact. The foreskin does not retract until late childhood or even puberty, so you do nothing special, just wipe the outside of his penis clean and leave it alone. Furthermore, to prevent painful and bleeding erections later in life, doctors are now commonly leaving more skin behind- in a cut boy this means you may have to push the left over skin back at every diaper change and clean beneath it to prevent it from adhering or infecting. The very thing that mother's think they avoid by circumcising! In short- Intact = wipe like a finger, NEVER retract Cut= vaseline, clean thoroughly, push back remaining skin to prevent adhesions etc (the last step perhaps for several months or years) Here is an excellent tutorial on the basics of intact care and circumcision.... http://www.lactivistintactivist.com/?pag... Another factor in your decision is that circumcised boys experience a 12% increase in their risk of MRSA infection. MRSA is commonly picked up in hospitals (where circumcision is performed in non-sterile conditions) and has been known to kill adults. I wouldn't want to deal with it in an infant. 12% is a BIG risk, the risk of a boy "needing" a circ later in life is WELL below that- under 1%. http://www.nocirc.org/publish/12-Answers... The so called "benefits" of circumcision are generally trumped up. A big one now is that it "prevents" AIDS. All the studies showing "benefits" like this have been poorly designed and inconclusive. Also, for every study that finds a "benefit" there are more studies that find no benefit. http://www.icgi.org/ It is rather eye-opening to see how circumcision first became popular in the US to begin with. It was virtually unknown in this country until the 20th century. This slide show takes you through the rise of circumcision.... http://youtube.com/watch?v=f4unKTMpBGA Finally, you should watch a video or two of the procedure so you are fully informed of what your infant will go through. I will warn you that these are graphic. If you can't handle watching them as an adult, why would you expect your infant son to endure them? Gomco Clamp- http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=... Plastibell- http://newborns.stanford.edu/Plastibell...
14. please do not do this to your little guy its nasty cruel and so unkind to him.why would you want to? he has skin covering his most sensitive part to protect it from rubbing on clothes and being uncomfortable when he does sport and play .please leave it alone it will retract by itself or with his help one day , until then it doesn't need cleaning or anything and remember until that day the skin is actually attached to the glans ,the surgeon rips it apart to cut off the skin the pain of the ripped to exposure penis head must be awful and last months. the AAP say there is no medical advantage to circumcision . Hygiene is no reason nowadays everyone washes . so help change the world make a fuss at the medical and centre say NO to the knife
15. You have to ask the hospital. You can also try and negotiate with them and set up a payment schedule. Talk to someone at social services in the hospital. Each one is different. You might also want to ask you obstetrician, because many of the circumcisions are now done in doctors offices or outpatient clinics. It is unfortunate that medicaid doesnt cover it in your state. it does in a number of other states. What you also can do since you are on Medicaid is go get some legal help which you are entitled to under medicaid. Sometimes if you pressure medicaid with a legal action, they will pay for the circumcision. It has been done .. Good luck. you are doing the right thing for your son.