Another operation

Thank you for your comment, I'll mention my doctor that I want to get treatment as public patient after the operation. The 2nd operation will be done as private as I started it. I'm in Sydney and I learned that things are different in different places. I believe that public is also very good. Many of the preminant doctor works both private and public . I feel unconfortable asking deep detail about cost when dealing with life threatening disease. But any way no one can tell me what to expect as bills come from at least 4 to 5 places, surgeon, pathologist, anaesthetist, imaging, some lab for blood/ heart test, hospital, MRI, all separate bill. And private fund , mines medibank never can tell how much they cover without exact item number. And most of the fee are well above scheduled fee so out of pocket is a lot. I know how it is in Scandinavian countries and Japan. Australian system is unfortunately very confusing to understand and deal with.