Costs of removal
PA Wellington While hospitals are being forced to cut costs, the costs of cutting are getting expensive. The New Zealand Medicare Society has just issued a fees schedule for surgeons. To have a finger, thumb, or toe removed costs $ll3. An arm costs $3BB and a leg, $448. Removing a finger or toe nail costs $54, but if the toe nail is in-grown it will cost $l3O. For the more unusual types of amputation, the schedule lists a tongue at $493, or a penis $lB7.
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