Subject: RE: How much for ankle surgery? 1-Go see the orthopedist 2-Ask if you have ankle instability 3-If the think you do ask for stress xrays 4-an MRI will most likely not be as helpful as stress radiographs however an MRI may help with thebone chips and perhaps to see where they came from but may opr may not be needed. Let the doc decide 5-If you have painful loose bodies in your ankle get scoped and get them out 6-If you ahve painful loose bodies and instability getit fixed 7-Down time from an ankle arthroscopy is a lot less than instability surgery 8-Ankle scope alone you will probab;y be up and at em in 6 weeks 9-instability it will be more like 3 months 10-I have no ide ahow much it costs. I write a code on a piece of paper. When you go to see the DR. ask them. It vaires from state to state anyway 11-The charge for the hospital/surgery center will be WAY MORE than the surgeons fee |