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Does a hematologist-oncologist do surgery?

No, hematologist-oncologists do not perform surgery. They are considered medical specialists; they primarily prescribe medications and monitor the results of these treatments with lab tests and office visits. The closest most hematologist-oncologists come to surgery is performing bone marrow biopsies. These biopsies require a needle to be pushed into a bone to sample the bone marrow, the substance that creates the blood cells. A bone marrow biopsy is considered a procedure as opposed to surgery because it does not require general anesthesia (being put to sleep) or cutting open a large area of the skin.

* Savings estimate based on a study of more than 1 billion claims comparing self-pay (or cash pay) prices of a frequency-weighted market basket of procedures to insurer-negotiated rates for the same. Claims were collected between July 2017 and July 2019. R.Lawrence Van Horn, Arthur Laffer, Robert L.Metcalf. 2019. The Transformative Potential for Price Transparency in Healthcare: Benefits for Consumers and Providers. Health Management Policy and Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 3.

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