Well friends, I'm from nyc and surgery is Tuesday 2/19 in Denver Colorado. I'm a self paid client. Since Denver is real far from NYC, I asked my primary doctor to give me a referral to Do my fills. She is part of a hospital here in NYC so she sent me to another department for fills. I was happy n ready for surgery. I called that dpt today to set up an appointment and they refused to take me,claiming that they don take "other doc patients." This hospital has milked my insurance for any little thing for the last 15ys I have Ben their client but won't do my fills. My insurance referre me to other docs and they also told me, "if u didn't do ur surgery w us we can't see u." Wht the heck!

One nurse even to,d me, " this is how we keep our business open. We can't allow pp to pay docs for surgery and then just come here for follow ups." The sec of a doctor had the audacity of telling me, " the band is 25k and fills are 300, "u do the math."

OMG, can't a poor girl save some dough by having surgery outside NYC!

I just found these docs/ clinnics who are willing to take me,

Bronxville bariatrics, westchester county (300-500 fill)

NYU bariatrics, manhattan (500 fill)

Jacobi hospital bariatrics (made appt w their surgeon) take all major insurance, no self paid

I also found several private clinics in Teaneck, NJ, Brooklyn, NY, Long Island

St. Luke's hospital in NYC

I don't think the costs you mention are unheard of. My Dr office was billing my insurance $600 for a "visit" with fill, NUT session, all my fills now are done with fluoro. This year, it is $700 per visit. This is a summary of my recent visits bill:$700.00 Bill received by Aetna on 12/19/2012Your Aetna member rate $364.03Your total responsibility: $72.80Included: Office visit = $100Fluoroscopic Guidance $125Contrast XRAY Upper GI Tract $175Adjustment Gastric Band $300

My insurance company has been changed (I'm no longer with Aetna) and I'm not sure they will cover any of the costs, so the prices I was quoted were for self pay fills. With my old insurance I didn't have to pay out of pocket for fills for a year so I was surprised the costs were as low as they were.

I just made appt w one of these clinics... Guys u can call them for price info

I just found these docs/ clinnics who are willing to take me' date='

Bronxville bariatrics, westchester county (300-500 fill)

NYU bariatrics, manhattan (500 fill)

Jacobi hospital bariatrics (made appt w their surgeon) take all major insurance, no self paid

I also found several private clinics in Teaneck, NJ, Brooklyn, NY, Long Island

St. Luke's hospital in NYC

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Nyu!!!! Yesss all the doctors there are so nice and sweet! They take all sorts of insurance.. I have crappy insurance and they take mine lol

And I know what your saying about the ER! If you tell them you don't have a surgeon in NY,

they will give u the referral to a specific doctor in the discharge papers, with that referral the doctor almost always takes the patient.

Good luck with your surgery tomorrow!

Had surgery 2day... Feeling great!