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 In most cases, radiation is used in conjunction with a lumpectomy. 2  According to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, it typically costs about $7,000 for whole breast radiation and a little about $15,000 for intensity-modulated radiation therapy. 3  Women on a breast cancer forum discuss radiation costs. For a partial mastectomy with lymph node removal, the cost increases to about $16,700 -- or about $10,000 if paid in 30 days or about $11,700 in 60 days.