@jwm61 Are you considering a place like Mayo or Cleveland Clinic? There will be a wait time to get in if you have insurance that they accept. I am a Mayo spine surgery patient and the care there is excellent.

Here is Mayo's insurance and billing information.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/billing-insurance
If you wanted to apply at any Mayo Campus, here is a link to get started.
http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63
There are also smaller hospitals under the Mayo Clinic Health System and you may find a neurosurgeon at the Mankato, MN hospital. These hospitals have access to send patients to Mayo for testing, etc, while providing surgery at their local hospital. The wait time may not be as long as for Mayo Clinic. I do know Dr. Murphy at Mankato because she was a resident neurosurgeon when I was at Mayo Clinic for spine surgery and she helped with my discharge.
https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/locations/mankato
https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/locations/mankato/services-and-treatments/neurosurgery
Jennifer