Just wondering if anyone out there has FEDERAL BCBS? I was not charged for my first two fills, however my third fill I got popped with a $150 co pay. I assumed the filling process was part of maintaining the band and therefore not an additional cost? I have called BCBS and they insist that the fill is a surgical procedure; therefore I will be charged. I am pretty frustrated and hoping that I will not require anymore fills anytime soon.

Just wondering if anyone out there has FEDERAL BCBS? I was not charged for my first two fills, however my third fill I got popped with a $150 co pay. I assumed the filling process was part of maintaining the band and therefore not an additional cost? I have called BCBS and they insist that the fill is a surgical procedure; therefore I will be charged. I am pretty frustrated and hoping that I will not require anymore fills anytime soon.

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Our BCBS Plan paid full for the surgery but as of Jan. 1 2011 does not cover Bariatric so all my fills, Appt. etc. are full price. at $300.00 a fill it makes this thing in my body pretty expensive and if I had to do again I would not as I do not have the money to allow it to work up to it's full potential. Granted I am no longer needing cholesteral meds or Diebetic and the care that follows them and me losing weight would only improve my health but they say it isto keep the costs down. But you know they did not make my Insureance primiums any lower.

I have local government BCBS and was told by my surgery center that fills are paid for the first 90 days - after that my insurance company would be billed for additional fills. That is probably why your first 2 fills didn't cost anything.

I have federal BCBS and we have always had to pay a copay for fills --- so if you got the first ones free then you are lucky....as myself and all of my friends have had to pay for ours all along...it is the pits, but can't be avoided. I heard it went up again this year, too...I haven't checked into it yet.