Top Five Medical Claims for September

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Health claim data from Nib for September (latest available) is dominated by cardiac surgeries with the oldest claimant aged 72. Average age of the top five claims is 65.

The most expensive claim for September was $90,000 for cardiac surgery, the highest cardiac procedure funded by Nib so far this year stands at $142,000.

Total cost of the top five most expensive surgeries funded by Nib in September was $411,000. 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.

  September 2024 Cost Gender Age Average age: 65
1. Cardiac Surgery $90,000 Female 60
2. Cardiac Surgery $86,000 Male 72
3. Cardiac Surgery $84,000 Male 66
4. Spinal Surgery $81,000 Female 58
5. Cardiac Surgery $70,000 Male 71 Total: $411,000

 

  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