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I went to Beverly Hills Surgery Center aka Top Surgeon's. At the beginning everything was fine, I had a co-pay that they waived. BCBS PPO. However they started hounding me every day asking if my insurance company sent to me checks, which they had not. Well long story short, because my insurance was out of state, they sent me the checks and I had to endorse them over to Beverly Hills Surgery Center. No big deal right, until the checks kept on coming in. for a TOTAL of $210,783.50 Yes TWO HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. they completely ripped off my insurance company. They wanted to send a messenger to my home at 9PM at night to pick up checks, which I told them NO- I would be there on Saturday for my fill and would endorse checks over to them. In the middle of my appointment during my fill- the little collector walks in to collect checks. I told them I thought they were ripping off my insurance company and wanted a break down of all charges, which took 45 minutes of sitting in the lobby, finally received a copy of said bill, they charged my insurance company ridiculous amounts. I was told I would not be billed anything more and I would have fills for 12 months. Nope not ow it turned out- Job change- Insurance change, so No more fills- they started calling me once again when they no longer can bill my insurance company and asking me for additional money- they say I owe them $17,000.00- and refuse to see me Now I am seeing another doctor, because my band has slipped and I am waiting for surgery date to have band replaced. Talk to everyone you can, Interview, go online, read, read, read- I went to the first doctor that said I was approved, and lets schedule the surgery. I was blinded by the thought getting the lap band surgery done. Good luck to you

I had my surgery on Jan 21st and I too just had my 2nd fill to 5 cc's. I can say I really do not notice much restrictions. I have lost a total of 34 pounds but nothing in the last week. Dr. wanted to get me to 6 cc's but said would not fit yet, so I am going back in a week. I was told that the cc's are based on your weight loss and how often you are hungery. good luck to you.

I was banded on Jan 21st and have lost 34 pounds, I have 46 more to go to hit my goal weight