Hi Aubrey,
No, I am from Texarkana and I was a self pay...I paid $15,000.00 and had the band put on in a surgery center instead of hospital...it was $500.00 cheaper...If you have it done at the hospital it is day surgery and you go home the same day, so I decided to use the surgery center and pay less and still go home on same day...I went in for surgery around 9:00 a.m. and was home by 11:30 a.m......I even had a hernia repaired at the same time I had the band put on....

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