Hi, so quick summary of my situation. I was referred to Yale in New Haven, CT for Phalloplasty. I met with Dr. Thomson but unfortunately I don't feel he is the best option for this surgery.
I also met with Dr. Salasi who would be doing the hysto part of the surgery. Since my state insurance covers the surgeries, I was thinking of going ahead with the hysto and then searching for another surgeon for Phallo.
I was considering Dr. Crane, so my thoughts are it would be best to at least get the hysto for now and help reduce the costs for any out of pocket expenses I would have later. Or would it be best to wait and get hysto and phallo done all with one surgeon/location? Thank your for the feedback.
I don't know what's best. But I did a hysto in 2010. Going for phallo when it is time for that. It's been magic to get rid of periods and pain.
As far as reducing out of pocket costs, depending on your deductible and your out of pocket limit and all that, it may not save you money if phallo ends up being in a different annual insurance period. Because then you'd be responsible for the deductible twice.
At the same time if you feel like you need the hysto soon, I would go ahead and do them separately because it's most likely worth that difference if it means you're not compromising on your phallo surgeon. It can also aid in the healing of the stages of phallo if less is done at once, so if the hysto is already taken care of, that may help reduce future complication risk with phallo.
In terms of purely money, since phallo is so expensive, you're pretty much guaranteed to hit your deductible, and possibly even your out of pocket limit as well, so it is probably FINANCIALLY better to do it at once.
But all things considered, it's still probably worth it to go ahead with the hysto if it's something you don't want to wait on and there are benefits to doing it now, even if not financial ones.
I'd suggest you get out your insurance information and do the rough calculations for how much each would cost, because this is a generalisation and I'm sure there's certain benefit possibilities where you could end up saving.
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Thanks guys for the feedback, much appreciated.