Hi everyone!! I have Aetna as primary and Tricare as secondary and neither will pay. Does anyone have an cost information for any doctors/pay plans etc.. in TN or surrounding area? One doctor in M'Boro quoted me in the 19k range- yikes!! Thanks in advance:)

NtvTxn always has her panties in a bunch. Just learn to pass over her posts.

How funny - you're not the first person to tell me this very thing today! LOL!

Hi everyone!! I have Aetna as primary and Tricare as secondary and neither will pay. Does anyone have an cost information for any doctors/pay plans etc.. in TN or surrounding area? One doctor in M'Boro quoted me in the 19k range- yikes!! Thanks in advance:)

Hi,

Sorry, my insurance wouldn't pay for WLS. Any place I check close in the Pacific Northwest was between $25,000 to $38,000. Like so many others I was a self pay so I started to check around for the very best I could find. I ended up going to Dr. Aceves in Mexico. I have no regrets and his fee was about $8,700 at that time. I highly recommend him.

Suzanne

My panties aren't in a wad and I'm cool as cucumber, but I sure got your attention. Sounds to me like you needed to move on to another doctor if this Westmoreland guy was trying to pressure you into a surgery you didn't want. Paragraph #2 is what it comes down to though, isn't it? Money. You didn't want to pay the almost 18k - and that's fine. 'Nuff said.

Hi,

Isn't it amazing when you mention anything about the doctor that "you" experienced that people assume we are getting paid to talk about them. I have had the same kind of attacks. All we can only speak about is our OWN experience. I am happy that you had success as I did too.

Hugs,

Suzanne