Some Financial Information

[Guest guest]

Just went through the books for total expenses in 2003 for the

hip resurface. I had the surgery last January in Sarasota, Fl.

and have had a year to get everything resolved. I must confess

that my wife did the analysis since she had money deducted from

her check over the last year for medical expenses and now she is

applying for it back (tax free). Anyway with Aetna as my

insurance provider we were charged $37,500 but the insurance

company negotiated the rate down to $22,000. Out of the $22,000

we paid $1,750 which is going to turn out to be tax free money that

was deducted from paycheck weekly so that amount will actually

be a small percentage less if it was compared with money received

on your paycheck after taxes.

I hope this is helpful.

Jeff (C2k 01-03-03)