Look at the graph in the middle of the page), a portfolio consisting of 70% stocks, from March 2004 to June 2016 would have had an average annual return of 6%. According to them again, this would have outperformed a similarly-invested portfolio significantly (currently, in August 2016), by a cumulative margin of 103.7% against 60.7%.
An appendix removal can cost between $1.500 to $180,000 depending on where you take the surgery. Appendix removal is a common, straightforward operation, so you might expect charges to be similar no matter where the surgery takes place. Yet a California study found huge disparities in patients' bills â $1,500 to $180,000, with an average of $33,000.
1 But the price drops to less than $14,000 if the bill is paid in full in 90 days, or less than $12,000 if paid in 30 days. 2  Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Nebraska charges about $11,000 - $18,000, not including the doctor fee, for removal of the prostate. Radiation therapy for prostate cancer cost $12,000-$40,000. 2  According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer costs, on average, about $4,300 initially and about $9,100 over five years, for watchful waiting.