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OUT OF POCKET COST FOR DIEP.
I had reconstruction with implants in 2012. I have just found out my left implant has ruptured. I am in a private health fund and was looking at DIEP instead of implants again, but was told the cost i...
Hi @Debbie J, I had a right mastectomy (having had a left mastectomy in 2016) & double diep last year in the private system. Excluding the charges for the mastectomy which my breast surgeon performed I was out of pocket $14,000 for the plastic surgeon & then there were the anaesthetist’s fees on top. It was a 12 hour surgery with nearly a week in hospital. Private insurance covered the hospital fees completely. I haven’t had the nipple reconstruction which I was quoted about $5,000. I didn’t look into the public system but I think in Sydney there is about a 2 year waiting list.