My Drs office faxed over a letter of medical necessity. They received the LOMN on Wednesday afternoon and I recieved a call on Thursday morning approving me. It could not have been easier. United Healthcare made the whole process easier and my total cost for my LapBand surgery was ZERO!

Lisa

I have united too, but mine took a couple of weeks and I have deductables. It was $110.

Did either of you have to do a LOOOONG psychological test prior to being approved? Did United Healthcare pay for that? They would not pay for that for me, nor for the dietician appointments. Please let me know if they approved those things for you. If so, I will definitely contact them to see if I can get money back. I've spent about $1000 out of pocket so far and would LOVE to recover some of it!

My primary care physician did the psycological and the nutritional stuff with my general physical exam so it was all covered. Sorry I can't be of more help.

Yes, I had to do a psych evaluation, but it wasn't a long drawn out process. I called the UHC Behavioral Health number on my insurance card and they referred me to a DR to do my evaluation. I went to the apoointment did 2 questionares and talked to the Dr for about 20 mins and went home. UHC also paid for my consultation to the dietician.

No problems whatsoever here and they paid for every thing. All policies are different though, maybe that is why you have had so much trouble. Good luck!

~Lisa~

I have United Healthcare EPO as my primary and Cigna Health for my secondary. I havent spoke with them yet, I see my primary physician on Monday to get all the paperwork started.

I hope they cover the procedure and the fills