Great News for people insured by Aetna

pbrown · June 27, 2006

Hi Emily,

My Dr. quoted a price of $11,000. for self pay and this price includes your after care and fills. This is through Dr. Avilla in Blackfoot, Idaho. They also are just now doing this in Idaho Falls, Idaho, but I don't know of the price.

Good luck!

RDUNN · July 7, 2006

I have Aetna and found on their web site the clinical policy benefits under Obesity Surgery that was reviewed 3/31/2006. I suggest you check out their web site. Aetna.com

pbrown · July 7, 2006

Thanks for the infor. I had already checked this out and know that they cover for surgery if you have a BMI of 40 or more. My BMI is 38.5 and I do have back problems and a history of type two diabetes with my mother and her mother. The dr. also said I most likely have sleep apena. I have migrains and my neurologist sent documentation of prescribing a sleep enhancing drug as she said if I am tossing and turning I am not getting into a deep enough sleep which could result in my migrains. All of these files have been sent to Aetna along with the phen phen plan that I was on 8 years ago before they took it off the market.