sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I get my medicare next month finally. I am now in the process of searching for drs in my area.

Wanted to correct the information I gave you about medicare costs. It seems as the hospitol and medicare have an agreed upon price which is much lower than the bill price. Medicare pays about $12,ooo which leaves a copay of about $1,200 for the stay. The surgeon in my case charged about $6,000 and I assume he has a similar agreement to accept a lower payment from medicare so the co pay will be ? based on thier agreement. The anesthesia doc charged $2400 and I have not found out what he accutauly gets paid by medicare. The good thing is you pay your co pay based on the amount medicare pays the doctor or hosp. Hope this helps, sorry for the wrong information on my last post.