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Yes Rayilyn, Medicare does pay their portion of the cost of DBS. If you have supplemental insurance it generally pays the rest. Medicare Part A deductible is $792. If your supplement pays this deductible there should be no out of pocket expense for you. If your supplemental insurance doesn't pay the deductible, you are expected to pay it. If the surgery is done at two different times, your out of pocket expense could be $792 X 2. If you don't have a supplemental policy it is possible for the hospital and doctors to expect you pay the difference medicare doesn't pay. Different facilities have different screening criteria for access to this procedure. In my group, were folks with ET and young and old parkies. John Cottingham ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn