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Real self has a nice cost averager for the country!!! Click on it. As the previous answer to your question is compounding your question a bit. If you have insurance you get a discounted rate first of all. A cash money price is always negotiable, but more than insurance rate. All rates unless indigent will be no less than the posted cms rate for MOHs in your area. That is what rate Medicare pays for the procedure. You are not allowed to offer rates less than that. That is for MOHs!!!! That is all you mention. A closure of the wound which was not mentioned and your MOHs surgeon may not do is a whole separate question. He may be including that in the price of the procedure, that would be MOHs/closure, could be whatever it takes deal. That could be a deal for you. Some MOHs surgeons refer closures out to another surgeon or if you need some special closure out of his hands or use of a hospital OR you could be at 15 grand just for the closure part. If he is the best guy in the area and it is your face you may find the old adage you get what you pay for comes into place. Good luck with it all anyway hope this helps.
There's not going to be a flat price for Mohs. It depends on the number of levels that will need to be taken (usually we can try to give a range for this based on the biopsy results) but no one knows the number of levels until the procedure is being done because we are trying to minimize the tissue removed. Plus, the expensive part will be the closure. If you are in need of a skin graft then yes, the price should be about $5k for a few levels of surgical removal and a graft. There's not a good way to answer this question without knowing more about your specific case."This answer has been solicited without seeing this patient and cannot be held as true medical advice, but only opinion. Seek in-person treatment with a trained medical professional for appropriate care."
A heating pad to an incision line really wont do much for the outcome of your scar. Massaging is one of the best ways to manage your incision. If internal sutures were used the absorption of some of them can take up to 3 to 4 months for them to dissove.
MOHS Dermatologists are dermatologists who have taken an extra year of training in dermatopathology and skin cancer removal using the MOHS technique. Plastic surgeons are trained to close complex wounds that may require the rearrangement of tissues and the transposition of tissues over...
At one year you should be able to go swimming without any damage being done to the area as long as its healed correctly. If you are still concerned, you should call your doctor and discuss it with him. You then can decide if you want to see them again or if you have further questions....
