I don't have all the bills in yet for my prostatectomy but I'm sure it'll end up being around that amount by the time everything is accounted for - that $10K was only the fee my actual surgeon charged for the procedure.

There was another urologist that I consulted with who was just like yours - he was such a pompous dill weed, so full of himself and had the Ferrari outside, upon further investigation he not only had 1/5th of the prostate surgeries under his belt but was rated as below average on outcome and way below national average on patient satisfaction. He was a hard no.

So, like you, I'll take my humble train collecting, figuring hoarding, VW driving surgeon every day of the week! He's kind of a weird dude but he's a good man and an excellent surgeon. But then again, who is to say that your surgeon isn't top notch and couldn't do more than what was done? You never know, I got dealt a good hand but so many others did not.