Treatments for heart issues topped the list of claims in the latest data from Nib.
The company periodically releases a table showing its highest value claims, and for March 2024 its top five claims are valued at $382,000. One claim ($66,000) was for a teenager requiring spinal surgery.
The highest single claim for the month was for cardiac surgery on a 74-year-old man – $90,000.
| March 2024 | Cost | Gender | Age | ||||||
| 1. | Cardiac Surgery | $90,000 | Male | 74 | |||||
| 2. | Cardiac Surgery | $83,000 | Male | 57 | |||||
| 3. | Cancer Treatment | $78,000 | Male | 44 | |||||
| 4. | Spinal Surgery | $66,000 | Female | 15 | |||||
| 5. | Cancer Treatment | $65,000 | Male | 62 | Total: $382,000 |
Previous health claims data from Nib (not all months have been published by the firm).
| January 2024 | Cost | Gender | Age | ||||||
| 1. | Spinal surgery | $73,000 | Female | 68 | |||||
| 2. | Cancer | $65,000 | Male | 75 | |||||
| 3. | Spinal Surgery | $64,000 | Female | 51 | |||||
| 4. | Cardiac Surgery | $61,000 | Female | 68 | |||||
| 5. | Spinal surgery | $56,000 | Female | 65 | Total: $319,000 |
| December 2023 | Cost | Gender | Age | ||||||
| 1. | Cancer Treatment | $130,000 | Male | 51 | |||||
| 2. | Cardiac Surgery | $97,000 | Female | 78 | |||||
| 3. | Spinal Surgery | $85,000 | Female | 61 | |||||
| 4. | Cardiac Surgery | $81,000 | Male | 69 | |||||
| 5. | Cardiac Surgery | $78,000 | Male | 61 | Total: $471,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |