I am in the beginning stages of researching Doctors, costs, etc.... I have to unfortunately pay for any type of WLS out of pocket because my BCBS of Tennessee insurance will not cover any type of WLS. (My company has excluded it).

I live in Indiana and have been surfing many websites over the last several weeks, but have been unsuccessful in finding any costs for lapband.

I am the type of person that would rather have my ducks in a row before sitting through seminars and classes with Dr's before I understand the costs up front.

Can anyone please give me a $ cost that has had to pay out of pocket in Indiana? Any help is appreciated.

Depending on what part of Indiana you live in, and if you are close to Cincinnati, I paid $13,000 with Dr. Curry.

I don't live in Indiana I live in Florida and my surgery was 10k. The only reason I am mentioning it is that my hospital and dr offered and all inclusive package to self pays... 5k down and interest free payments of 200$ for 2 years. On the 2nd month of making the payments the hospital called and told me if I paid my account by February 28th they would cut the balance in half. This after just making 2 payments... Well I jumped on that so I ended up only paying $ 7500!!

Of course i didnt know it up front that they were going to call and make that offer but maybe check with your local hospitals who specialize in bariatric surgery for a self pay plan.

Your best bet is to call local bariatric doctors and ask their out of pocket costs. Be sure to specify it's out of pocket because most surgeons give hefty discounts to cash patients.