Go For Broke!
Lately I’ve noticed advertisements for medical procedures at rock bottom prices! I’m not sure about you, but when I “shop around” for surgeries I’m not thinking along the lines of cutting coupons.
But that is exactly what you can do. Several area surgeons have been including discounts in local advertising. For example - bring in this newspaper ad for 20% or refer a friend for half-off.
For the most part these procedures are things not typically covered by insurance plans because they are considered “cosmetic.” I can understand wanting to find a reasonable price if you are paying for it out-of-pocket, but where do you draw the line?
We’ve all heard the expression, “you get what you pay for.” When it comes to paying someone to cut me open, I prefer the safe feeling of knowing they charge a lot for their work for a reason.
And why do they advertise LASIK eye surgery for $295 an eye? Who walks in and says I just want one eye done…I can’t afford to have the other one done right now.
If I was looking to have someone slice me open and inflate my chest (which I’m not), I wouldn’t bargain shop. Around here I’ve seen ad’s for $2,995 breast augmentation and the plastic surgeon is claiming he is our local “Dr. 90210.” Cheesy table for one.
Bottom line is this. I’ve had 26 surgeries (from the car accident) and I don’t typically talk price with the surgeons. I talk results and experience, and even then I usually seek a second opinion. This is your body, your life, your health….don’t leave it in the hands of someone who had to advertise specials to get patients!
Dude! Wait, let me get this straight, you mean I SHOULDN’T look for a tummy tuck on ebay? You are BLOWING MY MIND!!
Well stated. The same reason I’d not want to go into space as part of NASA. Who want’s to rely on life support systems provided by ‘the lowest bidder’??
Funny they don’t advertise the boob jobs individually. Maybe I can only get one side done for $1500?
Heh heh - get one boob done. That’s funny, Andi. Totally made me forget what I was going to type.
Oh you’d be surprised! When I worked for he Firm one of the partners there bragged that he’d gotten his eye surgery done at a discount. I just looked at him open mouthed when he said that.
Those ads scare me too. I went to a doctor who teaches other people to do LASIK, I paid through the nose but wasn’t scared that I wouldn’t be able to see when I sat up.
hhmmm… now I try to imagine myself with ONE good eye, ONE really full brest, ONE trimmed leg… awwww!
LOL…the idea of ‘discount surgery’ is a bit scary. But my wife did have the surgery on just one eye…due to a cataract or whatever….so it sometimes happens that way.
that boob job blow up toy would make some man (or woman) quite tit-a-lated.
and 1/2 off. does that mean, like, you get literally “half” off something. like half a boob gets done? or half a nose? half a butt, a thigh?
sounds like a good deal to me!
Inspiring - NOT to say the least, but yeah c’mon…enuf already, manipulation of body parts at a discount, who are these docs fooling.
Good advice, I hope people take it….well said…
Dorothy from grammology
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