For your band?

Hi im new to this im planning on getting a Lapband soon and the price is frightful! :think

mine will cost about $10,000 in Perth done by Max Baumwall... i dont have private insurance and im definetly not waiting ages on medicare...:help:

so im thinking about travelling to anywhere in Australia to get it done by whomever is the cheapset surgeon, every dollar counts in my case, if theres any loopholes or ways of getting it cheaper please share, im desperate...:help: how much did you all pay?

i was even thinking thailand lol....

thanks in advance for all your input.....

Hi, I had my band put in Feb-21-2006, I paid 7,700.00 in Monterrey Mx. Dr. De La Garza at the OCA Hospital. Very impressed with everything. Good Luck with your decission.

I paid $8000 on inclusive to go to Dr. Joya for my surgery, airfare and hotel, plus $1500 for extra hotel nights and DH's airfare. It was well worth it. My aftercare is $195 per fill here in Alaska.

Hi im new to this im planning on getting a Lapband soon and the price is frightful! :think

mine will cost about $10,000 in Perth done by Max Baumwall... i dont have private insurance and im definetly not waiting ages on medicare...:help:

so im thinking about travelling to anywhere in Australia to get it done by whomever is the cheapset surgeon, every dollar counts in my case, if theres any loopholes or ways of getting it cheaper please share, im desperate...:help: how much did you all pay?

i was even thinking thailand lol....

thanks in advance for all your input.....

Maybe it is worth putting a year into getting and waiting for private insurance to kick in? I still had an out of pocket with my banding, but it was far less than I would have paid if I had been 100% self pay. Even 1 year of private health + my out of pocket was less than 10k. Way less. And I think you will struggle to find a doc to do it for less than that.

At this point, $322.12 per pound, and it was worth every dime.

I paid $3300 AUD for the surgeon and assistant, $800 for anaethetist and Australian unity paid the rest. I think the surgeons fee gap can diifer as I had a quote of $1800 from a surgeon in queensland, I just went with who I felt had the most experience. The quote without insurance was about $16000.

Al

Hi im new to this im planning on getting a Lapband soon and the price is frightful! :think

mine will cost about $10,000 in Perth done by Max Baumwall... i dont have private insurance and im definetly not waiting ages on medicare...:help:

so im thinking about travelling to anywhere in Australia to get it done by whomever is the cheapset surgeon, every dollar counts in my case, if theres any loopholes or ways of getting it cheaper please share, im desperate...:help: how much did you all pay?

i was even thinking thailand lol....

thanks in advance for all your input.....

im here in melb and my surgeon charges around $8000 for the band or u can go on a waiting list and pay nothing. iF U WANT MORE DETAILS JUST PM ME:)

Hello, Im new at this, never been to a chat room before. I am scheduled for april 2006 and was quoted $1800 including all fills and consults for the next 10 years. I have full private cover. Does this price sound right?

if your here in Australia yes that is cheap and it also includes all your fills....WOW your so lucky......as we have all had to pay over $3000 for our op and i think most of us have to still pay for our fills.

Where abouts are you from??

I'm paying $6,500 AUD with Dr Blair Bowden. I know I could get it cheaper but I dont think that you should shop around for this type of thing. Find a Doctor you trust with a good reputation and pay his/her fee with confidence.

For those of you who are self-pay, get it in writing. It has been over a year since I was banded and Friday I received another past due bill of $2900, for the anesth doctors, the BALANCE of what they charged vs the $750.00 which is what I was required to pay before banding, and has been paid. When I called my doctors office, the manager there told me to call the Anesth office and the hospital and tell them. I checked my records and I had mailed HER a letter Feb 05 regarding this same issue. So I faxed her a copy of the 05 letter and a note telling her I paid what I was quoted and THEY had the contract/agreement with the Anesth office and it was up to her to get it straight, don't ya think.

Get the quote in writing, I wish I had.

Oh yeah, they don't deal with that Anesth group any more.

$15,000.00 My insurance would not pay for it because my BMI is under 40 and I do not have 3 co-morbidities.

Currently working with UHC Insurance to pay for my daughter's surgery. She is BMI 45. If they approve, it will cost her $1500.00.

Had my 1st appointment today with my surgeon. Got all the prices & worked out that all up (including dietician & all pre-op appointments) out of pocket costs will be $4,050.00. (Includes $250 Australian Unity Hospital Excess). :faint:

The biggest portion of this cost will be the actual Surgery bill of $4,036.00. This has to be paid a week before surgery, and I cannot claim back until after the surgery is done. Australian Unity have advised me that they will reimburse $720.85 of the Surgery bill - my surgeon does not have 'No Gap' cover for this procedure.

Am being banded, hopefully in 4-5 weeks @ Knox Private Hospital (Victoria).

Interestingly enough, found out today that I'm 1cm higher than I thought & also 2kg lighter - but my BMI is still 35 - go figure :confused:

Hi im new to this im planning on getting a Lapband soon and the price is frightful! :think

mine will cost about $10,000 in Perth done by Max Baumwall... i dont have private insurance and im definetly not waiting ages on medicare...:help:

so im thinking about travelling to anywhere in Australia to get it done by whomever is the cheapset surgeon, every dollar counts in my case, if theres any loopholes or ways of getting it cheaper please share, im desperate...:help: how much did you all pay?

i was even thinking thailand lol....

thanks in advance for all your input.....

Hi,

I am getting my band in Prague Czech Republic (Europe) at private clinic for 4000 dollars. the web site is www.iscare.cz look at their web site:-)

The main surgeon is the one who invented the whole laparoscopic lapbanding (Dr.Fried). I guess Im in the best hands:)

Good luck to you