I was quoted 100k to remove a hemorrhoid. Outrageous.

[advancebooking]

I live in a regional city not bkk. Recently went to a private hospital and told the nurse that I have a large painful hemorrhoid on the outside of my butt near the rectum. How much I asked her. After a few minutes she said 100% and that includes spinal anesthesia. She asked if I wanted to see the surgeon. I said no thanks. 

 

5 yrs ago in Bumrungrad a dr put local into my butt and cut one out and I think it was 3k to 4k maybe. 2 yrs ago I had another one inside my rectum. Same hospital. They used a rubber band technique to remove it. I think that was up to 10k. 

 

So now I dont know what to do. It feels huge and so painful. Im using cream. Should I be going to Bkk. What happens if I do nothing for a week or so. Is it going to go away on its own. 

 

Its just a complete nightmare to have this on my butt right now

thanks

 

 

[scubascuba3]

That's a PITA, have you tried local government hospitals?

[bkk6060]

The cost of the surgical facility, the anesthetic, the removal and the stitches can really add up. According to MDsave, the average cost of a hemorrhoidectomy in the United States is $9,592. CostHelper suggests that some patients pay as much as $12,000.

 

Check around they will probably want you to spend at least one night in the hospital in Thailand at a private hospital.

Also, I doubt it will just go away on its own.  Those creams never worked for me.

 

[UWEB]

26 minutes ago, advancebooking said:

I live in a regional city not bkk. Recently went to a private hospital and told the nurse that I have a large painful hemorrhoid on the outside of my butt near the rectum. How much I asked her. After a few minutes she said 100% and that includes spinal anesthesia. She asked if I wanted to see the surgeon. I said no thanks. 

 

5 yrs ago in Bumrungrad a dr put local into my butt and cut one out and I think it was 3k to 4k maybe. 2 yrs ago I had another one inside my rectum. Same hospital. They used a rubber band technique to remove it. I think that was up to 10k. 

 

So now I dont know what to do. It feels huge and so painful. Im using cream. Should I be going to Bkk. What happens if I do nothing for a week or so. Is it going to go away on its own. 

 

Its just a complete nightmare to have this on my butt right now

thanks

 

 

Prices in Private Hospitals are complete out of control, and Government Hospitals are not really an alternative.

[3STTW]

3 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

The cost of the surgical facility, the anesthetic, the removal and the stitches can really add up. According to MDsave, the average cost of a hemorrhoidectomy in the United States is $9,592. CostHelper suggests that some patients pay as much as $12,000.

 

Check around they will probably want you to spend at least one night in the hospital in Thailand at a private hospital.

Also, I doubt it will just go away on its own.  Those creams never worked for me.

 

 

US healthcare prices are not a good comparison. What is worrying is that Thai private healthcare is getting up to EU/UK prices - and this is pushing insurance premiums beyond many expats' budgets.

I was getting treatment the other day and there were at least four of the patients in that department bitching about their bills.

[Keeps]

I think that it is reflective of the increasing Thai private healthcare costs that some travel Insurers are now including Thailand alongside USA/Canada when choosing the geographical requirements of your policy, i.e. worldwide (including/excluding USA/Canada/Thailand).

 

Still plenty of policies that aren't lumping Thailand in with the USA/Canada but I recently renewed my annual travel cover and looked at a large number of options. 

 

Getting back to the OP's original question, I'll do it privately for 1k THB.....

 

[connda]

Go to a government hospital. 

[bunnydrops]

Try a different private if you really need private. Private can be expensive. I went to Saint Marys and got a quote of 200K for an operation a few years back. Had it done at the government hospital for 24k.

[GammaGlobulin]

"I was quoted 100k to remove a hemorrhoid. Outrageous."

 

How BIG was it?

 

If it were as big as a basketball, then maybe the price was right....

 

 

[QuantumQuandry]

3 hours ago, UWEB said:

Government Hospitals are not really an alternative.

 

Why not?

 

Also, to the OP, there are non-profit, private hospitals, I believe, as another option.

[Random8]

4 hours ago, advancebooking said:

I live in a regional city not bkk. Recently went to a private hospital and told the nurse that I have a large painful hemorrhoid on the outside of my butt near the rectum. How much I asked her. After a few minutes she said 100% and that includes spinal anesthesia. She asked if I wanted to see the surgeon. I said no thanks. 

 

5 yrs ago in Bumrungrad a dr put local into my butt and cut one out and I think it was 3k to 4k maybe. 2 yrs ago I had another one inside my rectum. Same hospital. They used a rubber band technique to remove it. I think that was up to 10k. 

 

So now I dont know what to do. It feels huge and so painful. Im using cream. Should I be going to Bkk. What happens if I do nothing for a week or so. Is it going to go away on its own. 

 

Its just a complete nightmare to have this on my butt right now

thanks

 

 

 

Get as many "second opinions" as you can, at different hospitals.  I think you know yourself, based on past experience, that you can find a less expensive provider.

 

Also, you might have been misquoted by the nurse.  Maybe something was "lost in translation".  You should have let the surgeon examine you.

 

I'm beginning to think this is a troll post...

[ChaiyaTH]

Try vietnam

[Hummin]

5 hours ago, UWEB said:

Prices in Private Hospitals are complete out of control, and Government Hospitals are not really an alternative.

Just to remove one mole, Bangkok hospital wanted 22k.

 

I remeved 3 in Norway for 700 baht all included with cancer check. Sometimes my tax money repaying. No way Im ever going to pay tax to Thailand

Edited May 24 by Hummin

[scubascuba3]

A friend had it done by govt hospital, 35k baht 

[Mark Nothing]

My dissatisfaction was severe enough that I researched what old timers did to fix health problems before our modern medical system took over.

 

The results, not surprisingly were in direct contradiction with modernly accepts theories. I practice urotherapy.  The application of urine to any affected area.  A true panacea.

 

To fix my occasional minor hemmorhoids, I apply a urine soaked rag to the affected area for 30 minutes.  Then I say a prayer to activate the power fully, something like, "God please remove the hemmorhoids and retun my body to perfect health."

 

God gave us our own built in health system that is activated to full power with a prayer.  Works quickly.  Pain reduced immediately and in a few days it disappears.  

[Liverpool Lou]

16 hours ago, UWEB said:

Prices in Private Hospitals are complete out of control, and Government Hospitals are not really an alternative.

Well, they are an alternative...why do you claim that they are not?

[retarius]

17 hours ago, advancebooking said:

I live in a regional city not bkk. Recently went to a private hospital and told the nurse that I have a large painful hemorrhoid on the outside of my butt near the rectum. How much I asked her. After a few minutes she said 100% and that includes spinal anesthesia. She asked if I wanted to see the surgeon. I said no thanks. 

 

5 yrs ago in Bumrungrad a dr put local into my butt and cut one out and I think it was 3k to 4k maybe. 2 yrs ago I had another one inside my rectum. Same hospital. They used a rubber band technique to remove it. I think that was up to 10k. 

 

So now I dont know what to do. It feels huge and so painful. Im using cream. Should I be going to Bkk. What happens if I do nothing for a week or so. Is it going to go away on its own. 

 

Its just a complete nightmare to have this on my butt right now

thanks

 

 

Last year when I was at Bumrungrad for other reasons I noticed a "package" they were flogging for hemorrhoids they were flogging. It was $160,000 including a night in the hospital, local anaesthetic and surgeon and hospital fees. I can't quite see them doing it for 3-4K somehow. 

[misterphil]

My wife had this and a very bad case of it. 

 

She had an injection in the haemorrhoid for ฿25,000 and it went away.
 

4-6 weeks and it had come off and she's been trouble free since.  

[misterphil]

17 hours ago, 3STTW said:

 

US healthcare prices are not a good comparison. What is worrying is that Thai private healthcare is getting up to EU/UK prices - and this is pushing insurance premiums beyond many expats' budgets.

I was getting treatment the other day and there were at least four of the patients in that department bitching about their bills.

True. My wife's silicone implants were ฿75,000 10 years ago and now to replace them at the same private hospital its ฿300,000. 

[newbee2022]

17 hours ago, advancebooking said:

I live in a regional city not bkk. Recently went to a private hospital and told the nurse that I have a large painful hemorrhoid on the outside of my butt near the rectum. How much I asked her. After a few minutes she said 100% and that includes spinal anesthesia. She asked if I wanted to see the surgeon. I said no thanks. 

 

5 yrs ago in Bumrungrad a dr put local into my butt and cut one out and I think it was 3k to 4k maybe. 2 yrs ago I had another one inside my rectum. Same hospital. They used a rubber band technique to remove it. I think that was up to 10k. 

 

So now I dont know what to do. It feels huge and so painful. Im using cream. Should I be going to Bkk. What happens if I do nothing for a week or so. Is it going to go away on its own. 

 

Its just a complete nightmare to have this on my butt right now

thanks

 

 

With those kind of "operations" you will have problems up to the end.

Eat/avoid some food. (A lot of fiber, less meat)

And depending on your case here some explanation:

https://generalsurgery.ucsf.edu/conditions--procedures/hemorrhoidectomy.aspx#:~:text=Types of hemorrhoidectomies and related,for Prolapse and Hemorrhoids - PPH)

[Sheryl]

First of all, asking a nurse or anyone other than the appropriate doctor is a waste of time, as cost will very much depend upon the technique to be used and that can only be decided on after examination by the doctor.  (n other words, you may have been quoted a price for a procedure other than what you would actually need.

 

That said, upcountry private hospitals (not including Chiang Mai) are best avoided and not infrequently come up with costs way in excess of top tier Bangkok hospitals.

 

Where in Thailand are you located?

 

 

[Spock]

3 hours ago, retarius said:

Last year when I was at Bumrungrad for other reasons I noticed a "package" they were flogging for hemorrhoids they were flogging. It was $160,000 including a night in the hospital, local anaesthetic and surgeon and hospital fees. I can't quite see them doing it for 3-4K somehow. 

$160,000 for that package is outrageous. 

[KannikaP]

16 hours ago, Random8 said:

I'm beginning to think this is a troll post...

Yep, especially when it quotes 100% instead of Bht 100k.

[Robert Paulson]

They are 100% treatable in most cases by yourself. If you want my opinion toilets are hemrhoid manufacturers. Stay off toilets… well when you go, go right away and get off right away. Do not sit there for an hour like your dad and grandpa did. 

[scorecard]

20 hours ago, UWEB said:

Prices in Private Hospitals are complete out of control, and Government Hospitals are not really an alternative.

I disagree, there's plenty of excellent government hospitals all over Thailand with well qualified excellent doctors and nursing staff and plenty of English. Shop around.

[ujayujay]

21 hours ago, advancebooking said:

I live in a regional city not bkk. Recently went to a private hospital and told the nurse that I have a large painful hemorrhoid on the outside of my butt near the rectum. How much I asked her. After a few minutes she said 100% and that includes spinal anesthesia. She asked if I wanted to see the surgeon. I said no thanks. 

 

5 yrs ago in Bumrungrad a dr put local into my butt and cut one out and I think it was 3k to 4k maybe. 2 yrs ago I had another one inside my rectum. Same hospital. They used a rubber band technique to remove it. I think that was up to 10k. 

 

So now I dont know what to do. It feels huge and so painful. Im using cream. Should I be going to Bkk. What happens if I do nothing for a week or so. Is it going to go away on its own. 

 

Its just a complete nightmare to have this on my butt right now

thanks

 

 

Nonsense! 100k baht (2700 US dollars) is a fraction of what you pay in the West for this operation! In Europe it costs around 15k dollars (540k baht) and more.Dream a little more.

[geisha]

Multiple times this has come back ? Is there no way, diet, to stop getting hemorrhoids?

[Trollmann]

Old price list from 2019 for all hospitals under the Government of public healh. 

Look at Group 3 for prices if you hold tourist, retirement or marriage visa. I have not yet seen any hospitals starting to use the discriminating prices thanks to Erwin Buse's fight for all of us against the discrimination of foreigners so maybe the price list to the left valid from 29.9.2019 with some price increase is what they charge now.

Hopefully you can use rubber band it is very simple and takes just a few minutes to do so ask for that it is cheap even in UK just £300 Price list | Haemorrhoid Clinic

 

 

Edited May 25 by Trollmann

[Sheryl]

Numerous off-topic and/or trolling podts have been rrmoved.

 

This is the health forum, not the place to make jokes about a valid (and painful) medical condition. 

[Sheryl]

43 minutes ago, geisha said:

Multiple times this has come back ? Is there no way, diet, to stop getting hemorrhoids?

A sufficiently high fiber diet will go a long way towards preventing hemorrhoids.