Health claim data from Nib for August (latest available) places spinal surgeries at the top of the list of most expensive treatments for the month, with a 39-year-old woman undergoing surgery costing $99,000.
Total cost of the top five most expensive surgeries funded by Nib in August was $417,000. The highest value top five claims for any month so far this year was June ($515,000) when heart surgeries made up most of the claims.
| August 2024 | Cost | Gender | Age | Average age: 58 | |||||
| 1. | Spinal Surgery | $99,000 | Female | 39 | |||||
| 2. | Spinal Surgery | $88,000 | Male | 69 | |||||
| 3. | Cardiac Surgery | $86,000 | Male | 77 | |||||
| 4. | Cardiac Surgery | $77,000 | Male | 68 | |||||
| 5. | Neurological Surgery | $67,000 | Male | 40 | Total: $417,000 |
| July 2024 | Cost | Gender | Age | Average age: 53 | |||||
| 1. | Spinal Surgery | $94,000 | Male | 55 | |||||
| 2. | Oral Surgery | $69,000 | Female | 57 | |||||
| 3. | Spinal Surgery | $62,000 | Male | 64 | |||||
| 4. | Cardiac Surgery | $53,000 | Male | 38 | |||||
| 5. | Cardiac Surgery | $49,000 | Male | 53 | Total: $327,000 |
| June 2024 | Cost | Gender | Age | Average age: 54 | |||||
| 1. | Cardiac Surgery | $142,000 | Male | 74 | |||||
| 2. | Cardiac Surgery | $111,000 | Male | 60 | |||||
| 3. | Spinal Surgery | $90,000 | Male | 13 | |||||
| 4. | Cardiac Surgery | $86,000 | Female | 64 | |||||
| 5. | Cardiac Surgery | $86,000 | Male | 60 | Total: $515,000 |
| May 2024 | Cost | Gender | Age | Average age: 67 | |||||
| 1. | Cardiac Surgery | $111,000 | Male | 60 | |||||
| 2. | Cardiac Surgery | $107,000 | Male | 60 | |||||
| 3. | Cardiac Surgery | $107,000 | Male | 76 | |||||
| 4. | Cardiac Surgery | $97,000 | Female | 65 | |||||
| 5. | Cardiac Surgery | $86,000 | Male | 78 | Total: $508,000 |
| April 2024 | Cost | Gender | Age | Average age: 65 | |||||
| 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 |
| March 2024 | Cost | Gender | Age | Average age: 50 | |||||
| 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 |
| February 2024 | Cost | Gender | Age | Average age: 59 | |||||
| 1. | Oral Surgery | $79,000 | Female | 57 | |||||
| 2. | Spinal Surgery | $76,000 | Female | 58 | |||||
| 3. | Spinal Surgery | $64,000 | Female | 57 | |||||
| 4. | Cardiac Surgery | $57,000 | Male | 60 | |||||
| 5. | Cardiac Surgery | $40,000 | Male | 64 | Total: $316,000 |
| January 2024 | Cost | Gender | Age | Avarege age: 65 | |||||
| 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 |
Data below for 2023
| December 2023 | Cost | Gender | Age | Average age: 64 | |||||
| 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 | Average age: 64 | |||||
| 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 | Average age: 53 | |||||
| 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 |