What did you pay This is a discussion on What did you pay within the Australia Lap Band Support forums.
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View Poll Results: What was your out of pocket for your banding? | |
Medicare paid for the lot
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$0 - $1,000
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$1,001 - $3,000
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$3,001 +
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01-13-2006, 11:03 PM
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#16 | | Foux Du Fafa
Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 27
Posts: 1,720
City: Brisbane State: Of confusion | I would go a step further and say it is an awesome price!
__________________ At goal 2 years
Banded 22 Feb '05 / Got to goal June '06
Imperial 297/107 lbs - Metric 135/49kg
Tummy tuck 15 Aug '06
0cc in a 4cc band (unfilled December '06) Before & After pics Blog | 
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01-14-2006, 09:00 PM
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#17 | | Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 115
City: Remote NT State: AUSTRALIA | Yep, I am happy. I did forget to mention my $80 nutritionist fee, but thats it. I am really happy.:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: And whats more, my surgeon is really nice, very thorough, and if I moved somewhere permanently would be happy to transfer me to someone reputable so I wouldn't have to search around myself.
__________________ Jode
Heaviest weight 137kg/304lb 110kg day of op/84.4kg/60kg Banded 30 June 2004, Darwin Australia
1st Fill 28 Sept 2004 2cc
2nd Fill 14 Dec 2004 1cc
3rd Fill 11 July 2006 1cc
4th Fill 4th Oct 2007 1cc (5cc in total now)
Lowest weight before band baby is 78kg(with banding)!:clap2:
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01-18-2006, 04:29 PM
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#18 | | Registered User
Join Date: May 2005 Age: 30
Posts: 1,058
City: Melbourne State: Victoria | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Jachut I paid a once only $3,000 to my surgeon which covers his gap, and fills and aftercare (as well as any necessary revision surgery) forever. Medicare and health insurance covered the rest. | Same surgeon, same payment :)
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Banded 04 March 2005 @ The Avenue, Melbourne, Australia
Rebanded 10 November 2006, due to slippage
gained all my weight back - starting over again ..
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01-22-2006, 04:22 AM
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#19 | | Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 24
Posts: 5
| I have insurance and paid a total of $2000...that was in Cairns...Who was your Dr Aussie John? | |
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01-22-2006, 06:31 AM
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#20 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 43
Posts: 26
City: Co Meath Ireland State: Co Meath, Ireland | You guys are lucky. In Ireland we have to fund it ourselves. Insurance won't cover this kind of thing. In the UK you can get it on the NHS. I am going to France in 2 weeks time and it will cost close on to 5000 EURO. Thats still a good price.
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01-24-2006, 07:16 PM
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#21 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 31
Posts: 11
| I'm in us and my insurance paid for the whole thing I didn't even have to pay a copay. What type of other insurance out there? | |
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01-24-2006, 09:05 PM
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#22 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 35
Posts: 17
| I'm Trish. I'm new to this site & this is my first post. I had my band done in Sydney at Sydney Private (27th Sept 2005). I paid $5,200 & HCF (insurance) paid the other $11,000. This covers all my after care, fills, visits, & phone contact etc... hope this will help | |
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01-31-2006, 05:37 AM
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#23 | | The big belly is shrinkin
Join Date: May 2005 Age: 32
Posts: 740
City: NSW State: Australia | I paid $14000 self pay. I was thinking of waiting the 12mths till private health kicked in but then that would be another excuse to eat myslef silly for 12mths.
__________________ Kel 4/4/05 NSW Australia 120/73/80 kgs 265/160.6/176 lbs -47kgs/105lbs http://lapbandster.tripod.com/ 10.1ml in VG 10ml Band During times of stress, troubles and trials a thing good to remember is to take one day at a time. | |
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01-31-2006, 08:40 PM
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#24 | | Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 66
Posts: 13
|  Worth Every Penny
As my hubby said "Pretend it is the electric car you are never going to get."
I paid 100% of my proceedure.
Four months old...no fills and going strong. 60 lbs gone....65 to go. | |
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02-01-2006, 02:47 AM
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#25 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 94
City: Melbourne State: Australia | Mine was just over $3k to the doc and assistant, but with all the extra costs (hospital, dietician, psychologist, compression stockings etc) it added up to over $4k. I'm in Melbourne. Medibank paid $12,000 towards my surgery from my end of year statement and medicare paid a big chunk too though I don't know exactly how much. | |
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02-04-2006, 12:37 AM
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#26 | | Account Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 51
Posts: 3,231
City: Boise State: Idaho | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Alexra Just a $10 co-pay | Girl..where do you work? I want your insurance coverage!!
I paid over $26,000. I say "over" because even tho I prepaid, I keep getting these bills for more things. Blah. | |
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02-04-2006, 02:18 AM
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#27 | | Blessed Be!
Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 35
Posts: 2,068
State: Arizona | Quote: |
Originally Posted by mzbabytee I'm in us and my insurance paid for the whole thing I didn't even have to pay a copay. What type of other insurance out there? | I need to change jobs. My work insurance sucks balls it would seem.
Self pay, $10k:faint:
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JENNA
Surgery date: March 23, 2005, Dr. Ortiz TJ
235 highest/175 now/145 goal
Height: 5'9" Age: 33
Starting size: 18/20 Now size: 12
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02-06-2006, 07:34 AM
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#28 | | Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 14
| $15,000
$15,000 here in Alabama with Dr. Avara. | |
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02-07-2006, 11:45 AM
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#29 | | "Losing" is good!
Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 31
Posts: 150
City: Deer Park State: Texas | When I got my band the cost was $12,500.00 for everything with a year of fills ...Dr. Spivak..Houston, Tx. banded 11-2004
__________________ Cynthia Surgery date: 11-21-2004 Dr. Hadar Spivak Houston, Tx. 77003 296/238/180 start/current/goal
Its been a tough ride, but still holding on!! 
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02-08-2006, 10:26 PM
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#30 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 55
Posts: 74
| $15,500 hard earned dollars! No insurance!
So far, the best $$ I've ever spent.
Colleen | |
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