I am new here and hoping my insurance will cover the sleeve. Right now I am going through the pre-certification list. I am seeing a nutritionist which I need to self-pay for since it is not covered. I was wondering what others experience was with your psych evaluation. Did your insurance cover it? Also, is it a one visit deal?

I have BCBS of Texas.

It typically depends on what you mental health coverage is. My company pays for a seperate mental health policy and my psych eval was covered I only had to pay the $25 co-pay for a in-network provider.

If your company offers a mental health policy then I would think it is is safe to assume that your psych eval will be covered.

I have BCBS Federal and of my visits to the dietician and my psych eval were covered. All I had to pay was the $20 co pay for the in-network provider. The dietician and psych eval for me was a one time thing. The psych eval was alot of paper work,which took me about a hour and a half to complete. The good thing was they sent me the paperwork before my appoinment. I hope this answers your question.

Deb

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I have United Healthcare and they covered the psych eval (took one visit, was cleared for 2 visits), but they don't cover nutritionist consults. Luckily the WLS portion of my policy did not require the NUT consult so I opted not to do that since I couldn't seem to find time to fit it in. Now I'm at the point where I don't feel like I need it since there's so much info here and on other websites.

Thanks for your answers. I will be making that psych appt. this week. Hoping it is covered.

My psychiatrist billed my insurance for "an initial visit" so it was covered. There was nothing mentioned about bariatric surgery, because my ins. won't cover anything directly related to obesity until I get the preauthorization for surgery.