Self Payers This is a discussion on Self Payers within the General Lap-Band Surgery Discussion forums.
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07-30-2007, 02:16 PM
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#1 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 36
Posts: 163
City: Aylett State: Va | Self Payers
I couldnt find a tread on this.My insurance company doesnt cover the surgery so I was trying to see around about how much people have paid to get this done.Im In Va.
Thanks for any info.
Jennifer
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07-30-2007, 03:14 PM
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#2 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 154
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$16,020.00 For everything which included consult, anastasia, psych eval. I live in Ohio.
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07-30-2007, 03:27 PM
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#3 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 44
Posts: 44
City: Lenore State: Idaho |
Self pay for me is $17,500. This includes hospital fees, Dr.'s fees, anestesia, counseling (pre and post-of for life), office visits, dietition and one year of fills.
It does not include lap work, ultrasounds or EKG, (my insurance covered those) The Optifast that my Dr. requires 4-6 weeks prior to surgery and three weeks post-op was also not included and costs about $11 per day. Dr. visits after one year are also not included.
I really love my Dr. and know that I am getting excellent care before and after the surgury.
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07-30-2007, 05:01 PM
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#4 | | Overweight Cycling Babe
Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 38
Posts: 2,070
City: Pocatello State: Idaho |
Mine was about 12,000 for doc, hospital, anesthesia, one year of post op fills and monthly work with diet., exercise physiologist. Pre op pysc. was extra.
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07-30-2007, 05:10 PM
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#5 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 65
City: Brampton State: Ontario |
Mine is $16,000 Canadian, plus $300.00 for 4 weeks of Optifast.
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07-30-2007, 05:16 PM
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#6 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 25
Posts: 90
City: Laplace State: Louisiana |
mine 13,500 for everything except optifast and a year's worth of fills. I went through carecredit to finance my band too. I got approved really fast and it is a medical credit card. I liked that idea since i figure I might want plastic surgery after I pay off the band.
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Louisiana
banded 8/8/07:clap2::whoo:
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07-30-2007, 09:35 PM
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#7 | | ...Oh, yes I dooooo....
Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 50
Posts: 3,028
City: Houston State: Texas |
Mine was $12,900 (a bargain!)
I didn't require any pre-op testing, otherwise that would have been out-of-pocket as well.
It did include surgeon's fees, hospital, anesthesia, and 1 year of fills and follow up.
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07-30-2007, 09:38 PM
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#8 | | Banded Mexico, 7/10/06
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 1,626
City: Mexico, 7/10/06 State: Mexico, 7/10/06 |
Mine was 7500 but had to go to Mexico. I wanted a surgeon who'd done over 7000 of these instead of less than 100, lol. Mine was was total for everything. Housing, food, transportation, all hospital, doctor's fee's, preop, postop, and free fills for life.
Check into Dr. Trace Curry for in the states. He is fabulous. He's my fill doctor and he answers all the complications questions on here. He sure is good. I just seen him on Wednesday. He's a sweetie for sure.
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Monterrey, Mexico
Dr. Trace Curry, Cincinatti, Ohio (Fill Doctor)
Inamed 9.75 cm band w/lowprofile mini port
3.00cc's fill in 4cc's band S-280 C-209 G-165 www.myspace.com/mysherrijo
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07-31-2007, 08:42 AM
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#9 | | Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 56
Posts: 1,323
City: Houston State: Texas |
$12,900. Includes all fills for the first year and if you reach 50% of your goal at the end of the first year the 2nd year's fills are free too. YEEEHAAA!!!! Worth every DAMN PENNY!!!!
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Dr. Hadar Spivak, Houston Banding: 05-23-07, High225/Surgery218/137/140 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 | |
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07-31-2007, 09:53 AM
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#10 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 36
Posts: 163
City: Aylett State: Va | Quote:
Originally Posted by beachgirl  Mine was 7500 but had to go to Mexico. I wanted a surgeon who'd done over 7000 of these instead of less than 100, lol. Mine was was total for everything. Housing, food, transportation, all hospital, doctor's fee's, preop, postop, and free fills for life.
Check into Dr. Trace Curry for in the states. He is fabulous. He's my fill doctor and he answers all the complications questions on here. He sure is good. I just seen him on Wednesday. He's a sweetie for sure. |
Hey Beachgirl.
All that was for 7500$$.Sounds to good to be true.How did you start that process?
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07-31-2007, 04:30 PM
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#11 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 45
Posts: 31
City: Huntsville State: Alabama |
$15,500.00!! Included everything, even fills and continuing visits for the life of the band,
I love my Doctor, Dr. Steven Britt, SMAC, Albertville, AL
ville, AL
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07-31-2007, 10:55 PM
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#12 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 42
Posts: 44
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Mine was $13,500 base price, plus about $200 miscellaneous. I'm not counting my new juicer - a great buy for the liquids stage and post-fills.
MM
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07-31-2007, 11:33 PM
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#13 | | Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 35
Posts: 346
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I paid $15,000 in Dallas/Ft. Worth. Includes a year of follow-up and fills. Adam Smith. He's excellent.
If you need to finance, I suggest Capital One and CareCredit--both provide loans for medical.
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08-01-2007, 12:26 AM
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#14 | | Band to sleeve 6/08
Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 46
Posts: 5,908
State: Arizona |
$7800. That included the surgeon, anesthesiologist, internal medicine doc, asst. surgeons (2), two nights in the hospital, hotel room the night before surgery, CBC, Chem Panel, Preggers test, HIV/HEP, Thyroid profile, UA, EKG, Chest Xray, Upper GI, pain meds and antibiotics to take home, and fills for life.
Dr. Aceves/Mexicali, Mexico. I adore him, he's great.
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Goal in 10 months!!! -103lbs (-132 total)
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From 22/24 to size 4
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08-01-2007, 12:29 AM
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#15 | | happy moderator @ goal!
Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 55
Posts: 3,952
State: Oregon |
I paid $10,000
__________________ 20 lbs lost on Atkins before banding. 75 lbs lost after for a total of 95 lbs. banded 12-29-06 by Dr. Steven Tersigni Coos Bay ,OR
goal in just under 16 months.
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