Cost of grommets privately

M_Reilly · 03-12-2018 5:28pm #1

My 3 year old son needs grommets and has been on the public list for them for 18 months and no sign of a consultation even. He can't talk, he only babbles, time is moving quickly and at this rate he won't be starting school when he's the age as he's so far back with speech delay.
I'm looking to pay for the procedure to be done privately as we have no medical card anyway.
Does anyone know the cost of this procedure to get it done

Black Swan · 03-12-2018 11:48pm

MOD: Moved to Health Sciences.

Wesser · 06-12-2018 12:16am

When you're on a public waiting list it doesn't matter if you have a medical card or not. Same queue.

Why don't you use the cross bokrder treatment scheme? Bring hi m to Belfast. Quick before brexit comes.

Every time this questions comes up I give the same answer. It should be put on a sticky so I can stop rerpeayjng myself.

how.gareth · 06-12-2018 12:25am

Wesser wrote: »

When you're on a public waiting list it doesn't matter if you have a medical card or not. Same queue.

Why don't you use the cross bokrder treatment scheme? Bring hi m to Belfast. Quick before brexit comes.

Every time this questions comes up I give the same answer. It should be put on a sticky so I can stop rerpeayjng myself.

Yep we’ve just gotten a referral letter off our gp for our 5 year old who needs grommets and the hospital up north we rang says to send on up the letter so they can make an appointment for him, don’t know the price yet but if it’s expensive a credit union loan will do till the hse reimburse us

ZeroCool17 · 02-05-2019 9:40pm

how.gareth wrote: »

Yep we’ve just gotten a referral letter off our gp for our 5 year old who needs grommets and the hospital up north we rang says to send on up the letter so they can make an appointment for him, don’t know the price yet but if it’s expensive a credit union loan will do till the hse reimburse us

Hi, Just wondering if you got this done how much it cost in the end? My partners son needs to get it done. Would love to know the price up north.

how.gareth · 03-05-2019 1:35pm

ZeroCool17 wrote: »

Hi, Just wondering if you got this done how much it cost in the end? My partners son needs to get it done. Would love to know the price up north.

It wasn’t cheap! We used the north western hospital and it was around €2000, that included the initial consultation and the surgery itself and a post op hearing test in 6 months, we’ve sent off all the forms to the hse for the cross border scheme but we are terrified as to how much we will receive back to be honest as they only pay whatever the average cost is in the Republic and I’ve heard it only costs around €600 but I’m hoping that’s not true!

fixXxer · 03-05-2019 1:42pm

We got it done on my son when he was around that age in the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin. I'd have to dig the receipts out but I think it was in the region of €300 all in.

how.gareth · 03-05-2019 1:44pm

fixxxer wrote: »

We got it done on my son when he was around that age in the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin. I'd have to dig the receipts out but I think it was in the region of €300 all in.

Jesus that’s the worst news possible! We didn’t even price it down here, just rushed into borrowing money and getting it done up north cause his hearing was so bad

fixXxer · 03-05-2019 1:59pm

Found two separate receipts, one for €193 and another for €379. I think we had to pay separately. I've asked my wife to check for details.

For what it's worth, you're completely right to do it as quickly as possible. The difference to my son after the operation was night and day. Almost straight away his speech started improving and his attention was better as he could actually hear people trying to speak to him. The Consultant described his hearing before the operation as like someone trying to hear through water. He also need ed a second set a few years later once he grew up a bit and the old grommets fell out.

ZeroCool17 · 03-05-2019 5:15pm

how.gareth wrote: »

It wasn’t cheap! We used the north western hospital and it was around €2000, that included the initial consultation and the surgery itself and a post op hearing test in 6 months, we’ve sent off all the forms to the hse for the cross border scheme but we are terrified as to how much we will receive back to be honest as they only pay whatever the average cost is in the Republic and I’ve heard it only costs around €600 but I’m hoping that’s not true!

Wowser!!! A lot more than i expected. Her son is 12 and it's very unusual to get glue ear at this age. He's missing a lot if school because it's so bad and we'd like to sort if before he starts secondary school in September.

We'll have to price around so. No way we could afford that. Thanks a million for replying to me.

horse7 · 31-12-2022 8:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/110089397#Comment_110089397

What is the procedure called, I'm looking for grommets on the black rock clinic site.

cobham · 31-12-2022 10:38pm

A myringotomy is a procedure to create a hole in the ear drum to allow fluid that is trapped in the middle ear to drain out. The fluid may be blood, pus and/or water. In many cases, a small tube is inserted into the hole in the ear drum to help maintain drainage.

I just had it done on self and am an auld one.... VHI and Beacon but not a success :(

horse7 · 02-01-2023 7:51pm

How does one find out the Dublin hospitals that do this procedure privately and cost for same?

cobham · 03-01-2023 12:46pm

Perhaps get a list of ENT surgeons and contact their secretaries?

scoops22 · 11-02-2023 9:46pm

We're just going through this at the moment with a 4 year old and no private health cover.

Our costs for peoples information: Hearing test €150, Consultant €200, surgery prices at €1700 in the Matter Hospital.

cobham · 12-02-2023 8:22pm

Beacon Hospital Dublin

Consultant visit 250 euro prior

Hospital charge for day ward 1110 euro

Surgeon 677 euro

Anaesthesia 301 euro

SouthWesterly · 12-02-2023 9:09pm

You could also try the hermitage. My son is under Brendan Conlon.

He ended up diagnosed with a cholesteoma. The ear drum was growing into the ear. After a few surgeries and he got sorted.

Also got a grommet in the other ear.

thehealthreviews8 · 17-02-2023 10:03am

Thank you for sharing this information with us.

clyn · 07-04-2023 10:18pm

Hi. Can I ask who your consultant is? We've just been quoted €3300 for the mater private for Dr. Kieran. For grommets day surgery for our 4 year old son.

ngalkk · 20-07-2023 3:51pm

Hello , can anyone share recent experiences of cross border treatment and hse refunds for Grommets. Is it worth travelling in terms of price comparison for private treatment in republic? Thank you

ngalkk · 20-07-2023 3:57pm

Hello just wondering if you could share your experience of receiving refund for cross border scheme as I am exploring that as option for my little girl . Thank you

mel3737 · 21-08-2023 9:06pm

Hi , I'm just enquiring have you found out anymore on this cross border scheme , as I'm also exploring this option for my lil girl that needs grommets but it's not very clear what hse will reimburse. Thank you

louisenicolet · 02-11-2023 8:35pm

Does any one know how much it costs for grommets and adenoid removal done on the same day as a day case surgery would cost?. My son has his operation coming up and we having problems with the insurance as they might not cover it as they saying it is pre existing condition so we might have to pay but not been told how much it will cost

SouthWesterly · 02-11-2023 9:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121317071#Comment_121317071

I assume you didn't have him insured from birth!

Cost of grommets privately

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