[Noah930]

Office consultation would run $250-$350.

MRI might be $1000-2000. There's also a radiologist's reading fee. Probably a couple hundred dollars at most (total guess).

Surgery would be several thousand dollars. See some of the other recent medical threads for Pelicans' medical pricing adventures. You'll have a surgeon's fee ($1000-2000), anesthesiologist's fee (probably more than the surgeon's), and facility/OR fee (wide range of possibilities--from a few thousand on up to over $10K, depending on the facility). Also probably a lab fee for the pre-op bloodwork; may be a another few hundred dollars.

All of these are rough estimates. Medical billing--particularly in the world of self-pay (non-insured) patients--is a bit of a wild wild west mentality. Billing will vary enormously. Self-pay patients are usually considered "no-pay" patients, as most people who don't have the means/forethought to get and maintain health insurance usually don't have the means to pay medical bills, either. So while self-pay patients get billed full price, you can often negotiate lower fees. You just have to do so with each individual entity (surgeon, anesthesiologist, lab, MRI center, OR, etc.).

Oh, and he'll need post-op rehab, too. Surgeon's fee covers all care (by the surgeon) for 90 days following the procedure.