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Shawn, My mother is in the testing process for a pallidotomy. It is my understanding that the pallidotomy is covered by Medicare. Also, most major insurance companies use Medicare as a benchmark so there is a very good chance that the procedure would be covered if your father has private insurance. Keith On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, Shawn Sprinkel wrote: > I have been following this forum for about a month now. It has provided a > great deal of information that I have passed on to my father, a PD patient in > Shreveport, Louisiana. We have both read with a great deal of interest about > the available surgeries (ie pallidotomies). There has been no discussion to > date about the associated cost of these procedures nor if they are covered in > part or entirely by health insurance. Any information will be greatly > appreciated and immediately passed on to my father! Shawn Sprinkel > ([log in to unmask]). >