Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter corrects common surgery myths: knee replacements take about an hour, not hours, and most of the bill goes to the hospital and implant company, not the surgeon.
About an hour (and roughly the same for a hip).
I think people think that it's this, like, kind of microscopic thing or that it takes really long to do. I tell people how long surgeries take. You know, it takes us about an hour to your knee replacement, rounded to your hip. They're like, wow, that's amazing. That's a misconception. I think the amount that we make or what people see as their doctor's bill is really not their doctor's bill. It's really going to the hospital or the implant company.
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