In 2021, heart valve replacement surgery was the medical procedure with the highest price difference between the U.S. and Latin American countries. This type of heart surgery was 150 thousand U.S. dollars cheaper in Colombia than in the U.S. Moreover, a spinal fusion procedure, also known as spondylodesis, cost around 94 thousand U.S. dollars less in Mexico than in the U.S. that year.
Difference of medical procedures prices between the United States and selected countries in Latin America in 2021
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