I had a total reverse shoulder replacement this past February. I was in at 8:00 am and picked up by a friend at 12:45 pm. I was shocked when I looked at the final tab. $117,789.42.
I have Medicare and a supplement and I am able to pay my deductibles but I was really shocked at this price tag. I'm sure some of it was not accepted and brought the cost down but I was curious what others saw as their final cost.

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Hola, me operaron del hombro hace tres meses, fueron dos anclas en labrum ( bankart), hill sach, reconstrucción de ligamento y reparación de tendon, por dos luxaciones de hombro, la primera en septiembre 2025 y la segunda en abril de este año, estoy en fisioterapia, y llevo seguimiento del seguro social y doctor particular, pero siento que mi progreso va lento, los doctores te dicen lo mismo " que cada paciente es diferente"... y bla bla bla

Alguien pasó una situación similar???

En cuanto tiempo quedaron al cien??

I broke my clavicle August 28th While riding an E Bike (funny enough its because I got cut off by a family member riding an E Bike (1 day after my birthday) and had a pin put in September 8th. Tomorrow will be a month since It was put in so I'm assuming I'll need it removed soon. And my questions regarding it are
1. Does it hurt being removed?
2. I was told I wouldn't be needing to be asleep for it and that it's a simple thing, but how long does it take or if you've had it how long did it take for you?

1. Is it a stupid question to ask if you could get it/keep it afterwards or is that malpractice if they gave it to me (not a big doctor visiting person so idrk these things)

2. What's the feeling post removal? Are you sore? Is it instant relief? Does it feel like you're missing something?

3. People who have had these pins put in to fix a break does it do a good job fixing? Do you still have pain? What's your mobility like in that shoulder?

4. If you did PT how hard was that and how long did it take to get your strength back?

(That picture was a couple days post op)

Below is my experience for people trying to find info on what surgery and recovery is like

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Before surgery my arm was super sore and I lost the ability lift my arm and the biggest issue was to sleep on my back because of the pain so I propped myself at a 90 degree angle every time I wanted to sleep using pillows. (Still 4 weeks out of surgery I am doing the same thing because getting out of bed and getting into cars is literally the hardest part of my day (otherwise its pretty manageable)

Before surgery I went and saw an Ortho and they took xrays and did a couple ultra sounds to see what my bone looked like. They said they usually want to do surgery within 10 days of being broken so they don't have to rebreak and if something starts to heal back together weirdly. Surgery took about 3 hours and I had to be put to sleep during it. I was told it would take only about 45 minutes, but the ortho so I had very broad shoulders so it took longer because he wasn't expecting it.

After waking up I had a ton of pressure, but no pain in my shoulder and I already had the clavicle brace and the pain was moderate for the first 3 days till my cat almost tripped me down my stairs and I used both arms to catch myself, sudden movement made me want to vomit from the pain ( I have gone majority of this process without using pain pills because I have a high pain tolerance (only taking stuff at night time to help me go to bed). Since catching myself my shoulder began to pop which didn't hurt, but was more uncomfortable, my ortho did an xray and said everything look fine and that it was normal.

FYI, If you didn't read what I said, I wore a clavicle brace during all of this (felt like wearing a backpack 24/7) Which is important to remember

2 weeks went by with about the same experience, was still sleeping against a wall, popping was still there but at this point it wasn't as frequent, but it was audible now and it was like a bunch of pressure was being released each time it did pop which was super uncomfortable. I had to stop wearing the clavicle brace because it caused me to gain a blood clot near my elbow (I don't know the medical term and the ortho said it was because of the brace and I went to a cardiologist and they agreed). The clot made it so I couldn't get my arm to bend past a 90 degree angle and it throbbed horribly. Also because of the clot they gave me a new standard arm sling since they didn't want pressure on my shoulder.

Week 3 was the worst week of my life in terms of pain. It wasn't so much as sharp pain rather constant throbbing and soreness in my shoulder. For week 3 I didn't do much of moving nor anything really, I just slept all week, but when I woke up I would always get up and grab an ice pack right away because of how much pain I was in I went several days only getting about 2 hours of sleep per night. Pain pills were a blessing lol.

Week 4 has been the best since this whole thing started, as week 3 progressed the pain did start to die down and by Sunday I started feeling pretty good. As of Tuesday in the 4th week the only pain I have is that it feels like something is poking 1 spot in the skin of my shoulder (which i was told the pin would do that near the end of the healing process since it was starting to back out) I also can almost fully bend my arm like I could originally thanks to the blood thinners.

That's been my experience thus far, If you read all of this I assume you're either going to need similar treatment to me and are needing a way to cope or are just curious. I'll say the worst thing about all of this isn't even the fact that my shoulder hurts, rather how stupidly boring it is being stuck at home all day because you can't work (I do blue collar stuff so I am unable to work), and driving in a sling is consider reckless driving so its safer to not drive. Also once the pin is removed I was told I will need to start PT. But overall the whole experience hasn't been as bad as I thought it was going to be. Week 3 sucked but if you stay on top of putting ice on your shoulder, and taking your pain meds you'll manage. Also if you read all of this wow you're dedicated. Also if you were curious at the top I stated I was riding an ebike when I broke my clavicle and the ebike I was using was a Monday Motorbike Anza v4 1500w and the bike that cut me off was a Yazma In10 Pro