Re: Adelaide Bandsters??? | |
Hi Spaniel,
I read somewhere that they don't do public patients (medicare funded) in SA, but happy to be proven wrong. If they do, then the wait is pretty long. Do you have private health? That would be the easiest way to have it done. You do have to wait 12 months though. Luckily I already had private health so as soon as I decided I wanted to have the surgery I was ready to go.
I was banded by Dr Justin Bessell at Calvary Wakefield. I highly recommend him and his team. He is a little more expensive than others but the service his clinic offers is second to none, in my opinion.
My out of pocket cost was about $3500 all up. That including a $1900 gap on the surgery, $400 private health excess, pre-op appointments around $500 and a few other bits.
Post op costs are about $150 every 3 months (that's after claiming dietician and psychologist costs from private health and fills on Medicare). | 