That sounds very odd. If they are paying for the LAP-BAND®, they would pay for the procedure or they would not pay at all I'd think. I've never heard of insurance paying for a piece of the procedure. I would get with your insurance company and have them itemize what it is they will pay...the surgical fee, the hospital fee, the anesthesiologist fee, meds, tests...... get them to be specific.
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Dr. Hadar Spivak, Houston Banding: 05-23-07, High225/Surgery218/135/140 1st Fill 06/21/07 - Total 1.8cc, 2nd Fill 06/27/07 - Total ~2.2cc 3rd Fill 07/31/07 - Total 2.8cc, 4th Fill 09/06/07 - Total 3.1cc 5th Fill 12/05/07 - Total 3.3cc, 6th Unfill 03/20/08 - (1.3 out) Total 2.0 cc 7th Fill 04/03/08 - Total 2.5 cc, 12/30/08 Unfill to 1.5 | 