Pay for the band! Poll!

[Spunkey1 0]

I had to pay $9,900 the first time Doctor laker did my surgery, then when he punctured the tubing I had to pay $11,387.27 for the second surgery for a new port!

[Ariane 0]

My insurance said they will not pay for any bariatric procedures, so my out of pocket will be $9,999. The office told me the usual price is $10,000-$12,000 but I got the professional discount due to the fact I'm a Nurse who works in surgery.

[xxlaneyxx 0]

I self paid £8500 GBP

[pennreporter 12]

My co-pay was 3k, plus deductibles on the gazillion tests. My daughter had to self-pay, but opted not to have it done in NYC, which was like 24k. She went to Houston where it was 12k.

Trisha

[Annnicol 0]

Hiya

Im looking to have a band fitted. Unfortunately like yourself I will have to pay. Where did you have yours fitted? Have you heard of any others who are reasonable prices?

XX

[Annnicol 0]

Anyone from North West in England had the band fitted privatly and whats the going cost?

Anyone in North West in England had band fitted by NHS what is the criteria?

[pennreporter 12]

My daughter had hers done in Houston by Dr. Spivak, truly one of the pioneers in bringing lap-band to the US. No pre or post op diet except for a day before and 3-4 days of soft foods after. His cost was 12k. But I seem to remember seeing out west in like Utah or Colorado it being done at about the same cost of Mexico, like around 6k. If you have to go to a fill center to get follow-up I think it's between 1-200 bucks but you really only have about 3-4 fills, depending on how aggressive they are.

Trisha

[KarynA 0]

I paid $14,000, which covered everything pre and post (i.e., fills), but I just sent an appeal to my insurance company, so hopefully I'll get some of that back. FIngers crossed.

[RedBone Creole 4]

around $5K with $100 fills

[67jax 45]

I'm in UK and have paid £5,000 which sounds hell of a lot cheaper than where you are. I get six months surgical cover and 2 years cover with unlimited fills.

[tatylicious 1]

Y isn't free an option? ? In the state of CT it's free if you have HuskyA

[tatylicious 1]

Y isn't free an option? ? In the state of CT it's free if you have HuskyA

[Ruffian 18]

I am gonna have to pay 20% but I haven't gotten the bill to say how much this will be.