The cost of anesthetic drugs for spine surgery

I will sleep for a epidural cortisone neck injection. How much usually cost?

My man here selling more opioids than the drug dealer around the corner

Thank you for giving Lidocaine prior to the Propofol. I'm still amazed that all providers don't do that. I just had an EGD and forgot to ask prior to induction and the last thing I remember is the stinging of the propofol. Also do you complete a surgey from start to finish without taking a lunch break? I had a 3 hour spine surgery and found the anesthesia associate, an anesthesia provider I had never heard of was switched out mid case and then returned an hour later. I assumed for lunch. I was pretty shocked that a large teaching hospital was using anesthesia associates during a complex spine surgery.

Hold up... 100cc of propofol for 90$, but 20cc for 6.20$. So, buying 5x20cc (100cc in total) would cost 31$ instead of 90$. Savings opportunity? Edit : I think I get it, the graphics says 100cc for 90, but the bottles are 1000cc, not 100cc.

I tried to fight my anesthesia one time and when I came to, they informed me I said “f you, you got me you bastards”. Still cracks me up to this day.

hey, a scammer from the usa. asking thousands of dollars, And no healthcare. because insurance companies are also scammers

Very cool seeing what all is involved, but also sad $200 or so worth of meds can and will be charged at double or even more...

Isn’t methadone going to block the action of the other opioids/opiates? Methadone has a relatively mild pain management profile when compared to morphine, oxycodone, fentanyl, etc., so I’m also curious why methadone would even be bothered with. It had a long half life as well - further complicating the matter. Perhaps in opiate naive patients things are different - but I would think oxymorphone or OxyContin would be a better choice.

how much was the O2?

Now I know why my back surgery was so expensive.

Wow and ive had 10

Methadone doesn’t do a thing for me!

this is a very interesting video. Thank goodness that I live in the UK, where we don't have to worry about the cost for surgery, as we have the NHS.

Your personality is everything. 😊😊😊

Wholesale price $1.80 -> hospital billing price.. $4569.56

It's crazy that just being a different person can make your cost spike by that much. Obviously it's nothing compared to the total cost of the procedure but still

215$ for doc cost …. Patient cost 12,759$

I had a spinal fusion of my l4 l5 s1 …. Except my bones are equivalent to a post menopausal woman so they broke out, got infected and i had multiple blood infections which ended up attacking my heart which lead to two open heart surgeries to repair my mitral valve and replace my aortic valve yeah it was bad..

Do you use morphine in the USA in the UK it seems all they give us is morphine for everything

What dose of fentanyl is used for anesthesia, as compared to the dose that drug addicts may typically use when addicted to it? Is there any chance a person can become addicted to fentanyl which is administered during anesthesia?

It doesn't matter if the medicine cost $1.00 TOTAL for the enitre surgery....after the hospital bills your insurance and you as well, they will charge 2000% more than their cost. Complete BS

I had spine surgery 3 days ago.

Alright boys n gals... I've learned enough... Bring me the pig

When can we expect the collaboration with someone that will give us street prices?

Interesting tthat you use methadone. I know it lasts for 24 hours for opiate replacement therapy. Does it last this long for post operative pain treatment?


Also does the hospital charge the patient more for these medications than they pay the wholesalers?

Propofol aka Michael's Milk 🥛

Thank you, another very informative video. I'd like to hear you discuss when to use an epidural for extra pain management, both during and after surgery. My experience with them is that epidurals can make it difficult for patients to wake up after surgery, particularly if they have naturally low blood pressure.

Great thanks

Anyone will tell you the cost when you call.
“What insurance do you have?”
As they decide how much to put you in debt for the rest of your life

Wow, so anaesthesiology is basically the administration of drugs that junkies dream about. TIL.

Hospital pricing really doesn't matter, we as non-doctors don't care about what hospitals pay for medicine.

What, hospital's pay wholesale or at a 20%-50$ mark up buying from the pharmaceutical companies? Or some sort of discount via buying group.

Then cost for patients is 500%-5,000% mark up on that because that is what the hospital want to claim to the insurance companies so they make money.

U.S. health departments, hospitals, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies are the greediest people in the world.

And also, half the medication left over is just squirted into the sharps bin.

I'd rather stay home and die than pay for the new MRI machine for the hospital.

America.

My question is what do you do for patients who wake up during surgery and what causes it. I woke up during my shoulder surgery i was staring at the tape over my eyes. All i heard was the noise of the oxygen machine. I heard a lady ask me if i was awake. I knew not to move. I was like fully awake but felt no pain. I started blinking because i was scared to try to talk with a tube in my throat. The next thing i knew i was out.

When i was a teen an oral surgent wanted to charge my family $128 an hour for Anesthesia for my upper wisdom teeth. We couldn't afford it. My insurance only paid for the Anesthesia for the bottom ones. The surgent kept pushing for my family to pay for it. We had to wait and rasie the money for it. A few weeks later i was having a cavity filled and the dentists said he would pull the top ones. I told him we couldn't afford it. He ran my insurance and paid for the local Anesthesia. I was soo relieved i didn't have to pay over $300 for Anesthesia. I had no complications from the top ones pulled. I was back on my feet in like 3 hours

One thing u didn’t mention.. is if the feet is easiest u have to consider DM with hx. Also, reminder if the arm is tucked u have no way to get to ac access quickly.

Do anesthesiologists get to sit during an operation?

Would the methadone not impair the effect of the fentanyl, by pushing it off the opioid receptors? I ask this as someone who takes methadone as maintenance. Obviously a surgery is a lot different than day to day drug interactions. I do not claim to know anything haha, im just curious

I was shocked how cheap the medications were, and that's not factoring the reduction some healthcare systems like the NHS has in collective bargaining, which I believe is illegal in the usa I maybe wrong though

-- QUESTION -- Do you get to write off the cost of your shoes since you need to be standing for so many hours per day, or does the hospital reimburse you for this expense?

What is the difference between novacaine and lidacane
Why say your giving novacaine when it's lidacane

The difference in the amounts of Medications compared to Veterinary medicine is astounding. I cant recall the last time we used more than a few mls of Propofol for a single patient, on the other hand, most of our Operations are done with Ventilated-anesthesia using Isoflurane. But still, 400 mls of Propofol is probably more than we use in a whole year, you use it on one patient.

How about blood loss ?

My last back surgery was 12hrs, it cost

THAT SHIT AMOUNT OF MEDS ??? 🎉 WOULD BE ANY OF THESE FOR CHRONIC BACK PAIN = I LIVE IN DAY IN DAY OUT OF FAILED BACK SYNDROME = 😢😢😢

Second patient very likely had been on around the clock opioids for a long time.

See kids, don't do drug just get a spine injury and you a super dope by Dr. 😂

wow, the drugs are way cheaper than i thought

Now im curious about all the details about my exploratory laparotomy back in 2018. I have crohns disease and had a fistula that ran from my illium to my psoas muscle causing a reoccurring abcess. Maybe you can make a price breakdown for a similar case! Keep up the great videos!! 🎉

What is the dark sort of a like a limb

How many drugs do you give a person anyway I had no idea you gave that much for one person in a surgery