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Does anesthesia put you to sleep?

There are different types of anesthesia. Some, like general anesthesia, will put you in a sleep-like state where you do not feel or remember anything. Other types of anesthesia include:

  • Intravenous or monitored sedation. Intravenous medications sedate you and can be adjusted from a level of just feeling drowsy to very sedated. You will probably not remember anything after this type of anesthesia. 
  • Regional anesthesia. This type of anesthesia numbs a large body area, but you will remain awake. Epidurals used for childbirth are a type of regional anesthesia. 
  • Local anesthesia. Used for small areas like for getting stitches. You are fully awake.

Anesthesiologists administer and monitor all kinds of anesthesia. Together with your anesthesiologist, you’ll make a plan for the most effective way to ensure a safe surgical procedure.

* 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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Your actual costs may be higher or lower than these cost estimates. Check with your provider and health plan details to confirm the costs that you may be charged for a service or procedure.You are responsible for costs that are not covered and for getting any pre-authorizations or referrals required by your health plan. Neither payments nor benefits are guaranteed. Provider data, including price data, provided in part by Turquoise Health.

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