I had one done in December, I'll dig out the bill for you and let you know how much it was.
ETA - found it all! We have PHI with premium level cover, so my health fund paid for most of it.
$1,991.60 - Hospital (day procedure unit)
$1,289.65 - My Gyno's costs
$700 - Anaesthetist (fees depend on how long you're under for - I was under for nearly 1.5hrs)
$162.05 - Pathology (cause anything they find they will send to pathology to see if it is endo or not etc)
$4,143,30 total. Of that I was out of pocket only $277 - $272 for the anaesthetist and $5 for the pathology. Our PHI paid for all bar $122.85 which was the pathology and medicare paid for $117.85 of that and I paid the $5.
Make sure that the Gyno, hospital and anaesthetist participate in the gap cover scheme so you aren't out of pocket as much. Or you could choose to go 100% public, but then you are at the mercy of the waiting lists so it could be some months before you get in. From the first appt I had with my gyno to having the lap it was only 5wks, but it was the second one he'd done for me too, so he knew there was a problem already.
Last edited by Trillian; March 6th, 2009 at 07:07 AM.
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