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How long is a hospital stay for a double mastectomy?

A hospital stay for a mastectomy is generally around 3 days. The majority of the first day is focused on pain control and ensuring that no complications develop from the surgery. The days after this are focused on physical therapy, education about wound care, and setting up follow-up appointments. 

You will be discharged from the hospital when your pain is controlled enough to allow you to perform daily tasks and care for your surgical wounds.

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* 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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