Can you give me reassurance on how long it took for your insurance to approve you for surgery?

My paperwork was submitted to both of my insurances on April 22....primary insurance approved April 28 and secondary approved about 1 week later. My surgeon said they have never seen more than 3 weeks for approval.

A day, but it really depends on your insurance type.

My docs office scheduled the surgery for 3 weeks out and I was approved in 2 weeks. I stayed over 1 night and ironically I was approved for the hospital stay before I was approved for the surgery!

I was approved in 4 days!

I have UHC, all my paperwork was submitted March 5th (2010) and approved by UHC on March 9th - 2 days!!! My doctor's office is very efficient with submittal.

12 business days from BCBSIL, and my hospital is a BCBS Center of Bariatric Excellence! Nobody could tell me why it took so long, but I was approved on the first submission.

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I was approved in less than 5 hours! I was completely amazed.

Can you give me reassurance on how long it took for your insurance to approve you for surgery?

My paperwork was submitted on 5-12-10 and I am still waiting. My surgeons office has called three times and she keeps getting told it is in review. I have called twice and still told its in review - as of today however 6-2-10 we were told it was forwarded on to Pensylvania (and I am not sure why or if this is good or bad)

I was approved today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My paperwork was submitted 5.17.2010. I called my insurance on 5.26.2010 and she told me it was just sitting here because my surgeons office did not fill out something correctly. So I called my surgeons office 5.27.2010 so they can refax the information....so considering the holiday and the weekend....it took 3 days....yay me!!!

Good luck 2 you! That was my biggest fear~

My paperwork was received by my insurance on May 5,2010. I am still waiting for an approval. I have called several times a week for the past three weeks and have been told it is still in review. I have been waiting now for seven months to get this lapband!!!

I just got the call - I am approved AS OF TODAY - It took e x a c t l y - fourteen biz days. So with the holiday and the weekends it was 21-22 days....

I am on the books for surgery next tuesday the 8th. I am excited and want to wish all of you that are still waiting for a call - may it come today...... :biggrin:

It took me 1 day to get my insurance (BCBSGA) approval. To get a surgery date took a lot longer. lol go figure.

United Health Care, waited 1 month was denied. Resubmitted and approved in 1 week....bizzare

submitted on Tuesday morning and I received a call from my Surgen's office the next day around 2pm. I was so surprised that it was that quick.

can some of you share what insurance you have?? I have AETNA and am wondering what the turnaround is. Hoping to have surgery this summer.