insurance? that s correct. reporter: how exactly does one go surgeon shopping? can you show me? i can. it s quite an adventure. reporter: let s go have an adventure. this is the first place that you went to to get a price quote. if you had had it done by these surgeons, what would have been the total bill for the entire procedure? almost $34,000. reporter: $34,000, you re semi retired, you have no insurance. could you even pay that? i wish i had $34,000 sitting around. no, we don t. reporter: what did you do? $34,000, what was your next step? i thought, i m going further. i m going surgeon shopping again. because this is ridiculous. reporter: let s go to that different surgeon. let s see what that price was. absolutely. reporter: okay. so godfried, what would it have cost for the entire procedure by these folks? approximately $33,000. reporter: only 1,000 fds less than the first place. that s correct. my shopping didn t do much for me really, did it?
something you ll only see here on american morning. everyone loves a bargain. is it a good idea to shop for rock bottom price when s it comes to health care? health prices continue to skyrocket and some americans are sniffing out cheaper surgery deals overseas. elizabeth cohen introduces us to one of them. reporter: you re quite the bargain shopper there, look at the coupons. absolutely. reporter: you ve had to do this not just with food? you re quite right. reporter: what other things do you bargain shop for than pasta and apple sauce. the big ticket item i m confronted with is having nasal surgery. reporter: you went surgeon shopping, went place to place to find the cheapest price because you don t have insurance? that s correct. reporter: how does one go surge an shopping? i can. it s quite an adventure.
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adventure. this is the first place you went to for a price quote. that s correct. reporter: what would have been the total bill for the entire procedure here? almost $34,000. reporter: $34,000. you re semi-retired. i wish. no. reporter: what was your next step? i thought, i m going surgeon shopping again. this is ridiculous. reporter: all right. let s go to the different surgeon. let s see what that price was. absolutely. reporter: so this was your next stop this surgeon s office. that s correct. reporter: what would it have cost to have the entire procedure done by these folks? it would have been approximately $33,000. reporter: so only $1,000 less than the first place. that s correct. my shopping didn t do much for me. reporter: so you found that you basically could not afford to have your polyps removed in indianapolis. absolutely not. reporter: so you needed to
reporter: this is the first place you went to to get a price quote. what would have been the total bill for the entire procedure? almost $34,000. reporter: $34,000, you re sem my retired and no insurance, could you pay that? i wish i had 34,000 sitting around. no, we don t. reporter: what did do you? what was your next step? i thought, i m going further. i m going surgeon shopping again because this is ridiculous. reporter: let s go to that different surgeon and see what that price was. absolutely. reporter: god freed, that was your next stop, this surgeon s office. what would it have cost the entire procedure to have it done by these folks? it would have been approximately $33,000. reporter: only $1,000 less than the first place? that s correct. my shopping didn t do much for me, did it? reporter: you found that you basically could not afford to have your polyps removed in indianapolis? absolutely not. reporter: so you needed to think outside the box?