I had one nodule 1.3cm, and a 75% chance it was cancerous. Dr. Kandil charged me $6,000 to ablate the nodule. My other option was surgery here in MI. The hospital was going to charge my insurance $30,000 to remove half of my thyroid. I would have had to pay my entire deductible which ironically happens to be $6,000. I feel fortunate I was able to afford RFA. I truly hope our medical system sees the value it has in the future.
Yes! This is so important to compare the out of pocket cost for surgery. There are usually unexpected costs too. So glad you did your research and advocated for yourself! 🙌
I had hemithyroidectomy last month, supposedly total thyroidectomy but physicians unable to do so because my nerve collapsed. My right vocal cord doesn’t move at all but my left moved a little bit. Do you think when my nerves get better that they can do RFA on my left nodule? It’s 1.9cm. It was my right that they removed with only 0.9cm nodule + papillary carcinoma :(
I understand, I'm so disappointed. Perhaps, consider looking at the out of pocket costs for each and see if it's still worthwhile to consider RFA for quality of life preservation. 🙏
I had one nodule 1.3cm, and a 75% chance it was cancerous.
Dr. Kandil charged me $6,000 to ablate the nodule. My other option was surgery here in MI. The hospital was going to charge my insurance $30,000 to remove half of my thyroid. I would have had to pay my entire deductible which ironically happens to be $6,000. I feel fortunate I was able to afford RFA. I truly hope our medical system sees the value it has in the future.
Yes! This is so important to compare the out of pocket cost for surgery. There are usually unexpected costs too. So glad you did your research and advocated for yourself! 🙌
Thank for sharing
Such an informative interview. Thank you for sharing this
Is this the same code that would be used for thyroid embolization?
@ThePumpkin00 no, that's an endovascular procedure done in Interventional Radiology. So, completely different.
I had hemithyroidectomy last month, supposedly total thyroidectomy but physicians unable to do so because my nerve collapsed. My right vocal cord doesn’t move at all but my left moved a little bit. Do you think when my nerves get better that they can do RFA on my left nodule? It’s 1.9cm. It was my right that they removed with only 0.9cm nodule + papillary carcinoma :(
It's possibly an option. You would need to be evaluated by a thermal ablation physician. Please check our list on saveyourthyroid.org.
Huge blow….guess I’ll have to keep my surgery date in November 😢😡
I understand, I'm so disappointed. Perhaps, consider looking at the out of pocket costs for each and see if it's still worthwhile to consider RFA for quality of life preservation. 🙏