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Is coronary bypass surgery the same as open heart surgery?

Yes, coronary artery bypass graft surgery is a type of open heart surgery.  The sternum, or breastbone, is cut open, to allow the surgeon to access the heart to reroute the blood flow, as described above.   More information is available at www.mayoclinic.org.

What is coronary (heart) bypass surgery?

Is heart bypass surgery serious?

How long does coronary bypass surgery take?

Do the doctors break your ribs during bypass surgery?

How long do you stay in the hospital after coronary artery bypass surgery?

How painful is bypass surgery recovery?

What is the survival rate after bypass surgery?

Are there alternative treatments to coronary artery bypass?

* 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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