Claims for heart surgery appear four times in latest list of highest value procedures funded by nib – and they are all men.
Topping the table for October is a 61-year-old who required an operation valued at $97,000. Two men, both aged 75, required heart surgery valued at $81,000 and $66,000.
Bottom of the table is a 56-year-old woman who needed spinal surgery costing $46,000.
| October 2023 | Cost | Gender | Age | ||||||
| 1. | Cardiac Surgery | $97,000 | Male | 61 | |||||
| 2. | Cardiac Surgery | $81,000 | Male | 75 | |||||
| 3. | Cardiac Surgery | $66,000 | Male | 75 | |||||
| 4. | Cardiac Surgery | $47,000 | Male | 57 | |||||
| 5. | Spinal Surgery | $46,000 | Female | 56 | Total: $337,000 |
Nibs’ top five claims for previous months are listed below (August and September data not available).
| July 2023 | Cost | Gender | Age | ||||||
| 1. | Spinal Surgery | $137,000 | Male | 29 | |||||
| 2. | Cancer Surgery | $92,000 | Male | 70 | |||||
| 3. | Spinal Surgery | $76,000 | Male | 29 | |||||
| 4. | Heart Surgery | $56,000 | Male | 81 | |||||
| 5. | Spinal Surgery | $56,000 | Female | 57 | Total: $417,000 |
| June 2023 | Cost | Gender | Age | ||||||
| 1. | Heart Surgery | $113,000 | Male | 72 | |||||
| 2. | Spinal Surgery | $108,000 | Female | 74 | |||||
| 3. | Cardiac Investigation | $81,000 | Male | 60 | |||||
| 4. | Cancer Treatment | $81,000 | Male | 69 | |||||
| 5. | Heart Surgery | $72,000 | Male | 68 | Total: $455,000 |
| May 2023 | Cost | Gender | Age | ||||||
| 1. | Heart Surgery | $106,978 | Male | 73 | |||||
| 2. | Heart Surgery | $92,596 | Male | 53 | |||||
| 3. | Heart Surgery | $91,581 | Male | 59 | |||||
| 4. | Spinal Surgery | $80,646 | Female | 13 | |||||
| 5. | Heart Surgery | $75,732 | Male | 65 | Total: $447,533 |
| April 2023 | Cost | Gender | Age | ||||||
| 1. | Spinal Surgery | $112,169 | Female | 59 | |||||
| 2. | Heart Surgery | $108,859 | Male | 72 | |||||
| 3. | Cancer Removal Surgery | $83,950 | Female | 88 | |||||
| 4. | Spinal Surgery | $74,482 | Male | 62 | |||||
| 5. | Heart Surgery | $64,405 | Male | 82 | Total: $443,865 |
| March 2023 | Cost | Gender | Age | ||||||
| 1. | Spinal Surgery | $93,782 | Male | 65 | |||||
| 2. | Heart Surgery | $86,520 | Female | 79 | |||||
| 3. | Heart Surgery | $79,608 | Male | 76 | |||||
| 4. | Spinal Surgery | $79,093 | Female | 74 | |||||
| 5. | Spinal Surgery | $77,718 | Female | 70 | Total: $416,721 |
| February 2023 | Cost | Gender | Age | ||||||
| 1. | Heart Surgery | $87,500 | Female | 70 | |||||
| 2. | Heart Surgery | $83,350 | Male | 78 | |||||
| 3. | Heart Surgery | $83,350 | Male | 57 | |||||
| 4. | Spinal Surgery | $57,400 | Female | 69 | |||||
| 5. | Spinal Surgery | $57,178 | Female | 63 | Total: $368,778 |
| January 2023 | Cost | Gender | Age | ||||||
| 1. | Heart Surgery | $69,087 | Male | 75 | |||||
| 2. | Heart Surgery | $67,324 | Male | 77 | |||||
| 3. | Heart Surgery | $66,062 | Female | 73 | |||||
| 4. | Bone Grafting | $60,392 | Male | 43 | |||||
| 5. | Spinal Surgery | $50,017 | Female | 47 | Total: $312,882 |