I traveled to Germany to have artificial disks implanted in my spine to resolve disk degeneration. The German surgical group put a complete package together including surgical costs, plane tickets for me and my wife (they required me to have a support person) hotel rooms prior to and after surgery, a room for my wife when I was in the hospital, taxi rides, and some meals. The plane tickets there were coach, but the return tickets home were business class, strongly recommended because I would be recovering from surgery. This kind of package is known as "medical tourism" and all the expenses were included a single payment.
After surgery, I received a receipt that broke out two prices for two categories: surgical costs and administrative costs (accommodations, case management, processing costs, taxes, flights etc.)
I'm pretty sure I can deduct the surgical expenses, but I don't know how to proceed on the administrative costs. I can't break them down any more than the single cost they listed on the receipt, and I don't know what is considered a legitimate expense.
