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The rising ASPs in foot & ankle surgery are not sustainable.

31 Jan 2025 · 0 min

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Foot and ankle surgery prices have exploded from $1,000-$1,500 to $6,000-$12,000 in five years, driven by expensive implants like the Trese Bunion system. Surgeons worry these costs can't hold.

You know, one of the most interesting things in the last 5 years in the foot and ankle market is seeing the rising ASP of your typical, you know, foot surgery, bunion surgery. It's gone from maybe $1,000, $1,500 to, I mean, $10,000, $12,000.
Yeah. 3 bunions used to cost $30 and pins and now it's, couple $1,500 fancy screws.
The ASP for a Trese Bunion is between $6,000 and $10,000.
Wow. I mean, everything has gotten fancier, right? The hammertoes are, you know, they got all— there's 100 of them on the market. It's all sorts of different screws, and I think several— some of them really work really well, but that— a contraction has got to be coming for that.