Fill Centers USA featured in this month's Obesity Help magazine.

smatyas · 12-13-2006, 04:29 PM

http://obesityhelp.com/magazine/nov06con.html

kwhenrykerr · 12-13-2006, 10:33 PM

I am so happy with fillcenterusa.com They saved me a trip across the country.

HealthQuest · 12-15-2006, 12:25 AM

I have my fill scheduled with fillcenterusa here in GA. It will cost me $500. for first fill w/fluoro + 8 hour round trip drive. But I figure it beats going back to TJ. After that fills w/fluoro cost $355.

shues138 · 12-21-2006, 10:32 PM

The fill centers around me do not have flouro, is that good or bad? I'm in Connecticut and my surgeon is going to charge $400 for a fill, that's why I'm glad I found fillcenterusa. Any advice is appreciated.

drcollier · 12-23-2006, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by shues138

The fill centers around me do not have flouro, is that good or bad? I'm in Connecticut and my surgeon is going to charge $400 for a fill, that's why I'm glad I found fillcenterusa. Any advice is appreciated.

I have heard an equal number of people whose fill doctors use fluoro as opposed to those who don't. I think most have fluoro available whether they use it or not.
The fills sound very expensive. I live in the midwest, maybe that accounts for the difference. Around here they are $100 - $250. I live in Kansas City, MO.

kwhenrykerr · 12-24-2006, 08:59 AM

My first fill with Flouro cost $299 from the St. Petersburg, Florida office of Fillcenterusa. I have read that others have paid from $15 without flouro. What cost for fill services have you guys paid? What was the experience like?

RLJ1380 · 12-26-2006, 12:17 PM

I was banded on 3/31/06 here in Louisville, KY. I had my 3rd fill on 12/7/06. I just saw that the doctor charged my insurance $1075.00. This is the first charge since my surgery in March. I never imagined that a fill would cost that much. I have to pay 50%, so I am worried. Is this the going rate?

smatyas · 12-26-2006, 01:34 PM

RLJ,

You'll find that there is a huge difference in cost depending where you go. I have heard of fills costing as little as $50, and as much as a couple grand.

I do know that Doctors will charge insurance one thing, but what the insurance company actually pays is another. You should find out if what they are charging and what they receive are the same.

You always have the option of finding another place that is more competitively priced if you are going to be charged that much each time you have to go for an adjustment.

kwhenrykerr · 12-26-2006, 04:18 PM

Ask you doctor to write off the amount you would pay after he gets paid by the insurance company. If he will not go to fillcenterusa.com and pay 100% out of your pocket and still save money

KINGSKID66 · 01-05-2007, 10:07 PM

Has anyone gotten a fill at the Fill Centers USA location in Moultrie, GA? I just have a fear that they are going to give me a small fill so I have to keep coming back paying again and again. I hear this is how doctors in the U.S. typically do things. Please share your experience. I desperately need a fill and am considering this location. It sounds like flouro is a lot more expensive ....

Lynn

KINGSKID66 · 01-05-2007, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by HealthQuest

I have my fill scheduled with fillcenterusa here in GA. It will cost me $500. for first fill w/fluoro + 8 hour round trip drive. But I figure it beats going back to TJ. After that fills w/fluoro cost $355.

Did you go to your appt at the fill center in GA? If so, how was it and how much did it cost? I would like to have mine done under fluoro, but it sounds really expensive. And I'm concerned about whether or not they will give me enough. I don't want to keep investing hundreds of dollars and not getting any results. I'm still considering going back to Dr. Ortiz for another fill.

KINGSKID66 · 01-05-2007, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by smatyas

http://obesityhelp.com/magazine/nov06con.html

I wasn't able to look at the actual article. Can you post it?

hot nana · 01-06-2007, 09:28 PM

I went to the fill center today in moultrie,ga. This was my second fill after having my lap band surgery done in may06 in mexico. I went back to mexico for my first fill. I recieved 1.2cc the first fill and I have lost 49lbs. My fill today was 1.3cc, this bumped me up to 2.5cc in my band now. The nurse in moultrie
was very nice and seemed to really be educated on how to do the fills. There was no pain and i was very pleased. I can have another fill in 6 weeks. Price is $299.00 for the first fill and then $155.00 for each fill thereafter. Hope this helps someone. thanks hot nana

KINGSKID66 · 01-07-2007, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by hot nana

I went to the fill center today in moultrie,ga. This was my second fill after having my lap band surgery done in may06 in mexico. I went back to mexico for my first fill. I recieved 1.2cc the first fill and I have lost 49lbs. My fill today was 1.3cc, this bumped me up to 2.5cc in my band now. The nurse in moultrie
was very nice and seemed to really be educated on how to do the fills. There was no pain and i was very pleased. I can have another fill in 6 weeks. Price is $299.00 for the first fill and then $155.00 for each fill thereafter. Hope this helps someone. thanks hot nana

Hey Hot Nana!

Thanks so very much for this info. I was really nervous about going. It just seems like doctors in the U.S. are so much more conservative than doctors in other countries. Our medical system in the U.S. is a huge cesspool that is designed to keep you coming back paying over and over again. I don't know that anyone really gets cured of anything. They just keep prescribing more and more meds, then you have to take others to counteract new side effects. Enough of my soap box on that topic .... I say all that to say I was really concerned that they would give me a small fill so I would have to come back and pay again. This would be a complete waste of my time and money. Please post soon and let me know if you have restriction. You were banded a month after me. I too returned to Dr. Ortiz for my first fill. I have skymiles I can use and was considering going back to him for another fill. When I pay transportation/fill costs for Dr. Ortiz it will be about the same cost as a first fill in Moultrie. So I have been debating this issue for a couple of weeks now. Moultrie would be much less time consuming. Since I work a lot of cases in south Georgia, if I can coordinate my work schedule where I can get a fill at the same time, that would be great. Please, let me know how you are doing soon and thanks for replying - it has been quite helpful. Did you have any reservations about not having it under fluoro???

Lynn

DrC · 01-07-2007, 07:37 PM

$1075 is definitely a lot for a fill.

Dr. C
Cincinnati, Ohio
www.TheBandDoctor.com 877.442.BAND
DISCLAIMER: I am not your surgeon, any comments made by me are not meant to be taken as medical advice, just general guidelines. Contact your surgeon about your specific problem!

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Originally Posted by RLJ1380

I was banded on 3/31/06 here in Louisville, KY. I had my 3rd fill on 12/7/06. I just saw that the doctor charged my insurance $1075.00. This is the first charge since my surgery in March. I never imagined that a fill would cost that much. I have to pay 50%, so I am worried. Is this the going rate?