http://blog.newsok.com/newsok/2009/07/16/know-it-forums-where-oklahomans-help-oklahomans/ Everything you ever wanted to know about NewsOK.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:52:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blog.newsok.com/newsok/2009/07/16/know-it-forums-where-oklahomans-help-oklahomans/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Acheleta Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:46:02 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/newsok/?p=451#comment-408 I would very much appreciate clarification re: why it has to cost approximately $240,000 for a person with atrial fibrillation to have a simple, short, non-invasive, and usually permanent ablation at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City (Heart Rhythm Institue) - and up to $171,000 at Oklahoma Cardiology Associates, but only approximately $23,685 (less than 1/10th) at the Texas Cardiac Arrthymia Institute, which is considered by many people who have atrial fibrillation the most technologically-advanced institution in the world for people who have atrial fibrillation and approximately the same amount in other heart hospitals in Texas? This is a simple and short out-patient procedure (unless you live in Oklahoma. Every hospital interviewed uses the same wonderful state-of-the-art equipment from Biosense-Webster and similar, amazing robotic systems. Thank you for any insight. I would very much appreciate clarification re: why it has to cost approximately $240,000 for a person with atrial fibrillation to have a simple, short, non-invasive, and usually permanent ablation at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City (Heart Rhythm Institue) – and up to $171,000 at Oklahoma Cardiology Associates, but only approximately $23,685 (less than 1/10th) at the Texas Cardiac Arrthymia Institute, which is considered by many people who have atrial fibrillation the most technologically-advanced institution in the world for people who have atrial fibrillation and approximately the same amount in other heart hospitals in Texas? This is a simple and short out-patient procedure (unless you live in Oklahoma. Every hospital interviewed uses the same wonderful state-of-the-art equipment from Biosense-Webster and similar, amazing robotic systems. Thank you for any insight.

]]>