Nib’s Top Five Medical Claims for April 2024

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Of Nib’s top five highest value claims for April, four were for heart surgeries and one for spinal surgery.

The highest single claim for the month was for cardiovascular surgery on a 76-year-old man costing $96,000.

Three other claims for cardiac surgery were for two men and a lady aged 74, 59, and 74 respectfully, and together totalled $233,000. The remaining slot was for spinal surgery on a 44-year-old man costing $85,000.

In total, the company’s highest value claims for April adds up to $414,000.

  April 2024 Cost Gender Age
1. Cardiovascular Surgery $96,000 Male 76
2. Spinal Surgery $85,000 Male 44
3. Cardiac Surgery $85,000 Male 74
4. Cardiac Surgery $81,000 Female 75
5. Cardiac Surgery $67,000 Male 59 Total: $414,000

 

Previous health claims data from Nib (not all months have been published by the firm).

  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

 

  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