I am having trouble finding insurance coverage. I do not want to have to go out of the country for the surgery. So for all your people in Oklahoma who have had the surgery what insurance company are you with and what was the approval process like? What doctor did you use?

I have called so many insurance providers and everyone says its not covered at all. Any information at all would be so helpful. Im so frustrated now.

Hi Steph, I have United Insurance that did not pay as well as a surgery for hernia repair. I went to TrueResults in Richardson, TX to go through a hernia repair/lapband placement at the same time. I did not know I had a hernia, but was told that 9/10 obese people have one an its a product of frequent overeating. Through True Results, they did a payment plan with me of 266 a month for 2 years in addition to what my insurance paid for the hernia repair. You migh give them a call. I was in Norman a few days ago and ate at Chili's with my husband. Ate one babybackrib and about 4 fries, all I could hold. Had my surgery on June 10 and am down 40+ pounds so far. Hope this helps.

I have blue cross blue shield. My work pays for my insurance. I was approved bc I'm morbidly obese. I pay 10% my insurance is paying 90%. I work at Riverwind casino. My doctor is Ronnie Kieth. I was banded on 12/30/2011

That is such good news BlueTattoo. My husband just got a promotion and we now have blue cross blue shield of OK so we will know very shortly if it is covered. So if all goes well I can be banded by the end of the year!

I have health choice and unfortunately they would not pay for the surgery so I had to pay for it myself. I had my surgery done at lab band center of Oklahoma and have been extremely pleased so far. :-)

Ok so it has been a long while since I posted this question and I wanted to give a quick update. Husband got the promotion. Bariatric treatments of any kind are excluded so we are going to do a self pay option at the beginning of next year in Dallas! Thanks for everyone who responded.