As the benefit of pacing in such situations isn’t 100% guaranteed and your syncope can still be more of what we call a vasodepressor response.

If u go the loop route One option is to call around and see if any cardiologists implant them in the clinic setting where the facility fee might not be astronomical- this is more likely at a private practice group that’s not affiliated with the hospital.

It’s actually sickening how much hospitals charge for that.

It takes me 15 sec to implant... I get about 250 bucks which is the easiest money I make in anything I do.. but as u mentioned the hospital is getting 5-10k from insurance. It carries no risk, no time and uses minimal staff too.. it’s a total racket.

If you want to email me your stuff I can give you my 2 cents. Just bm if interested.

This is a study I usually cite in giving people options.. pacing can be effective about 80% of the time

“ After pacemaker implantation, 115 (83.3%) patients had no further symptoms, 8 (5.8%) presented minor symptoms and in 15 (10.9%), the symptoms remained unchanged”