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I hope you don't mind, but I am curious as to what self pay people are paying in monthly payments. I am trying to get an idea as to what the monthly cost will be. When I contacted my credit union for a $20,000 loan it was over $500 a month. That may be too much for my budget to handle at this time and insurance is a no so I must self pay. thanks :help:

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You can do lots better than that. Go to capital one's health loans and they're some more but I'm blank at this minute. You can get 2 % interest health loans. That's outrageous. Good luck, are you having it done in the states or Mexico? That would make a lot of difference. Mine is only 8500.00 self pay.

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Thanks for the tip. I am thinking I want to be close to home and there is Dr. Fox in Tacoma. They have a deal for $12,800 but does not include pre op costs. also will need a bit for time off work as I have already used most of my vacation.

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MrD.

I too live in Washington...Federal Way to be exact. The advice to go to Capital One is a good decision IF you're planning on going to a dr. here in the states, they don't finance for any doctors that don't have a practice outside of the US. I applied for CapOne thinking it would be the 2%..however keep in mind that it's all based off of your credit and the lower your credit score, the higher your payments. I'm heading to Dr. Ortiz in Mexico for $8500US (includes pre-op work, etc.) and received a loan by surgeryloans at $290/month payback.

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congrats ms on your surgery. When I was trying to decide on waiting for insurance or self pay it was between Dr. Ortiz and Dr. Sanchez and they both seem to be wonderful. Hope everything goes great for you. And Mr.D, you'll find a way to work it out, we all do, sometimes it takes some creative financing.

Good luck,

Sherri

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MrD.

I too live in Washington...Federal Way to be exact. The advice to go to Capital One is a good decision IF you're planning on going to a dr. here in the states, they don't finance for any doctors that don't have a practice outside of the US. I applied for CapOne thinking it would be the 2%..however keep in mind that it's all based off of your credit and the lower your credit score, the higher your payments. I'm heading to Dr. Ortiz in Mexico for $8500US (includes pre-op work, etc.) and received a loan by surgeryloans at $290/month payback.

I just applied for CapOne and they have Dr. Ortiz (from Mexico) on their list with a California address. Looks like maybe they found a loophole or something with a California office. I have to wait to confirm tomorrow, but I think Dr. Ortiz can receive CapOne payments. Does anyone else know about this?

My credit isn't the greatest and the 1.9% is only for the short term financing (no more than 24 months I think) and I wanted longer term. My rate isn't good but I expected that - payments about $240 and I can always pay it off early to aviod those interest charges

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Do you currently have insurance? If so, you may be able to get your pre-op testing covered under your insurance plan. Check with the surgeon's office to see exactly what they require and then visit your PCP for the testing referrals.

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I just applied for CapOne and they have Dr. Ortiz (from Mexico) on their list with a California address. Looks like maybe they found a loophole or something with a California office. I have to wait to confirm tomorrow, but I think Dr. Ortiz can receive CapOne payments. Does anyone else know about this?

My credit isn't the greatest and the 1.9% is only for the short term financing (no more than 24 months I think) and I wanted longer term. My rate isn't good but I expected that - payments about $240 and I can always pay it off early to aviod those interest charges

Hi Bird, they do have Dr. Ortiz in their system; however, they will verify his US Medical license..which he doesn't have. Even though he's in the system as California, which I think was my doing when I was trying to rig up financing, the fact of the matter is that their Dr.'s have to have a US medical license and Dr. Ortiz doesn't. If you want Dr. Ortiz, go through SurgeryLoans.com....the will provide you the flexibility to search for Dr.'s in Mexico and allow you to make a well informed, not as expensive as the US, decision. Feel free to PM me if you'd like to talk further....

Good Luck!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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