# Angiogram for $35 ???

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 2, 2013, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angiogram-for-35/659932 "2013-06-02T10:04:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angiogram-for-35/659932/1 "2013-06-02T10:04:19Z")

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In [an article on U.S. health care costs](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/health/colonoscopies-explain-why-us-leads-the-world-in-health-expenditures.html) the price for an angiogram in Canada is stated to be $35. Even the U.S. price ($914) is less than a typical cost in Thailand. [The same numbers are seen in the IFHP report (pdf)](http://www.ifhp.com/documents/2012iFHPPriceReportFINALMarch25.pdf) from which N.Y. Times got its numbers. I’ve had angiograms; they are not trivial procedures.

Does the number just refer to one part of the angiogram procedure? (If so, it sure confuses.)