Ryan Davis2 said:I’ve been scouring every single thread about nose surgery, and honestly, nobody seems to mention what Klapan actually charges for cosmetic work versus a septum repair, or what the combo deal looks like. From what I can gather, the guy won't even give you a ballpark figure unless you're staring him in the face. Man, he’s got some serious nerve being able to pull that off.
My whole issue is this deviated septum and a crooked nose. If I’m going to bite the bullet and go under the knife, I want to get everything fixed at once. I went down to a clinic in a suburb near San Francisco where I met Dr. Vlašić, and she had me run a few minor tests before we could even talk about a date. I showed up for my last follow-up hoping to finally nail down a schedule, and she tells me she wants to try using some nasal spray for two months first. I was such a pushover—just sat there nodding like an idiot instead of just telling her, "Look, I just want the surgery done." Apparently, they can do both the aesthetic stuff and the functional repair together, but I didn't bring it up because she seemed totally frazzled, like she was just counting down the seconds until her shift ended.
The plan was to wrap things up with Orešković so I could finally sleep easy at night. I have this nagging feeling that if I tell this woman what I actually want, she’ll just try to send me straight to the ER. 🙂
Since my case involves both functional and cosmetic tweaks, it's probably pretty complicated, so I really need to know the price before I decide whether to just find a private surgeon elsewhere. Nobody will give me a number until they see me in person, not even a range, and apparently, the consultations run about 200 bucks $133...
Does anyone have any intel on the cost if you're doing both?
I’m also looking into getting a deviated septum fixed.
I live in the Northwest part of Canada, and the doctor who checked me out here gave me the diagnosis but told me I should probably head over to the States to get it handled. There just aren't
the facilities or the specialists around here to manage a case as tricky as mine. We used to have Dr. Esad Avdagic working here, who eventually moved over to work at
Salad and Holy Spirit, but he retired and moved to Canada.
Everyone I talked to said he was a top-tier expert.
When I was Googling around to see where to go, Dr. Ivica Klapan kept popping up at the top of the results. I sent an email to his clinic explaining my whole situation in detail.
His response? He can't give me any answers until he sees me in person.
So, fine, I booked a consultation. I didn't even bother asking about the exam fee since I saw online that they start around 200-$117.
I went in for the appointment and walked him through everything I’d written in that email.
He took notes, poked around my nose with those little metal tools for maybe two seconds, and then spent about 30 or 40 seconds looking around with a camera. While he was typing away, I asked him if he knew Dr. Avdagic, because I heard he does some freelance work for him when he's visiting the US.
"Oh, Esad? He's a great friend. Now that he's in Canada, we just catch up over Skype," he said, before looking up at me and adding, "You know, Skype—it's that thing where you look at each other through the computer while you talk."
I just stared at him. Part of me wanted to tell him that just because I'm from Canada doesn't mean I'm living in the Middle Ages and don't know what Skype is. I decided right then and there that there was no way I was letting him operate on me.
Right then, he starts talking about the price. He says for my situation, the basic procedure is one thing,
but he needs to use a laser to widen the nostril that's too narrow. He called it a simple 20-minute job and told me the nurse would give me the final price and all the details when I walked out.
And sure enough, when I left, the nurse pulled out a file and found that my "basic procedure" was going to cost 15 $0.00 plus $233 for the pre-op internal checkup. So, I figured I'd just pay for this today and think about it.
Then the other nurse sitting at the desk said...$217But honestly, he wouldn't even look me in the eye, just kept muttering under his breath like he was talking to himself. I mean, I paid my dues and everything, just wanted to get in and out.
I'll let you guys be the judge of whether it's overpriced or not, because frankly, he didn't give me any real news—just some vague diagnosis
that he basically just dumped in an email. The actual exam? It felt like it lasted maybe five or six minutes tops, and the rest was just a bunch of filler nonsense meant to stretch things out so it looks like we hit that thirty-minute appointment slot.
So, after all that, I headed over to Cedars-Sinai and booked my surgery there instead.
$2167The surgery itself is one thing, and then there's what I already shelled out for the exam $77.
I've got the procedure scheduled with Dr. Marjanovica.