The documents show provincial agency Ontario Health contracted Don Mills Surgical Unit Ltd. at the following per-surgery funding rates in each of the three fiscal years starting from 2020-21:

• $1,264 for each procedure classed as minor complexity (such as cataract surgery)

• $4,037 for each moderate complexity surgery (such as a laparoscopic gallbladder removal)

• $5,408 for each higher-complexity surgery (such as repairing a large tear of a rotator cuff).

The funding rates do not include how much the surgeon bills OHIP for each operation. The physician’s billing for a particular OHIP-covered surgery is identical whether it takes place in a hospital or a private clinic. —