Pre-operative examination cost of cochlear implant
Pre-operative examination of cochlear implant generally includes registration fee, consultation fee and the following itemized examination of pure tone hearing threshold, otoacoustic emission, auditory brainstem evoked potentials, multi-frequency steady-state, acoustic impedance audiometry, middle-ear CT, inner-ear magnetic *** vibration and so on. Take the ordinary three hospitals as an example, usually can be done in one day **** counting the cost of about 2,500 yuan.
The cost of cochlear implant brand selection
The choice of cochlear implant mainly has domestic brand cochlear implant and foreign brand cochlear implant. At present, the main domestic cochlear implant brands are Shanghai Lixinte and Hangzhou Norcom. The price ranges from more than 50,000 to more than 80,000 dollars. Imported cochlear implant brands mainly include American AB cochlear implant (also known as Bionic Leader), Austrian cochlear implant (also known as MEDILE), and Australian cochlear implant (Collier). Imported cochlear implants are roughly divided into three classes according to price: low-grade products (below 150,000 yuan), medium-middle and high-grade products (about 150,000-200,000 yuan), high-grade products (200,000-250,000 yuan), and top-grade products (more than 250,000 yuan).
Surgical costs
After selecting the equipment, it will be necessary to do the cochlear implantation, and cochlear implantation is still only a small number of hospitals in China, most of which are public tertiary hospitals. The cochlear implant surgery is currently performed in only a few hospitals in China, mostly public tertiary hospitals but also a few specialized hospitals with strong expertise. Cochlear implant surgery requires hospitalization and post-operative observation, basically for about 7 days, and the cost of most surgeries is generally more than 20,000 yuan.
Maintenance costs after cochlear implant surgery
Battery costs: After cochlear implantation, the cochlear implant usually needs to be turned on in about 30 days (except for minimally invasive surgery). After the power on, the button battery that needs to be replaced every month, the domestic cochlear implant needs about half a box of batteries every month, the cost is expected to be 50-60 yuan, if it is an imported battery cost is expected to be 150-200 yuan. Tune-up fee: According to the rehabilitation situation, the implantee needs to tune up the machine regularly. Most brands do not charge for tune-ups, while some require 200-600 RMB per tune-up. Parts replacement: Generally speaking about the parts of the external machine parts, easy to damage the part of the wire, wire price according to the brand price difference, the most expensive single wire to be more than 2,000 yuan. Outer machine upgrade: Outer machine generally every 5-10 years will do an outboard upgrade, outboard upgrade costs also according to their own choice of brand!
The above is for reference only, the actual situation varies according to the local hospital.