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Mri says that i have a bucket handle tear in right knee. i also have little knee join effusion. what would be the surgery cost in us with insurance?
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Depends: Depends on your insurance policy, deductibles.
Answered 3/21/2013
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Depends: This depends on your insurance and its coverage of in-network physician & surgical center versus out-of-network cost. A bucket handle tear is a meniscal tear that is large enough that the torn fragment flips away from the meniscus and forms the so called "handle" while the meniscus is the "bucket." as you know this typically causes significant symptoms.
Answered 12/9/2013
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