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I am getting mine in mexico, how much should it cost by itself? Of course it depends on the doctor but what is the average range in dlls?

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This is a really hard question to answer. The surgeons each have their own fee.

Find out what it covers when researching which surgeon you want to do your surgery.

Do you want to be in a hospital, in case of complications? Some surgeons send you to a recovery house, which is not a hospital.

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I'm having mine in Fort Worth Tx. Cost for everything, surgeon, hospital stay, pre op, post op, nutritionist, anesthesiology, entire package $13,800. I don't know if that is high or low but what I've searched it's an average price. In Mexico I've researched $4,000 to $8,000. I hope this helped. Good Luck

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I paid 4,250 in TJ

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$13,600. includes everything in Louisiana

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$7200 for 4 day hospital stay in Juarez with Dr Rodriguez =)

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Wow!! I am paying 23k for my package in Washington!

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Dr. Aceves charges 8750 which includes everything, other than airfare. They pick you up at the airport, take you for all your preop tests, take you to the beautiful hotel and pick you up in the morning for surgery. You're hospitlized for 3 days then picked up and returned to the airport.

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For 6-7k all inclusive I'm having mine done with Dr Gonzalez (he's with BajaMed group) thru mexicosurgerysolutions.com

I know price depends on hospital (their Drs work wherever u want)

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I paid right at 13,000 for everything.

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I'm also doing mine in Mexico... $7500, plus plane and hotel for the first 2 days before I go into the hospitl... so an extra $1000 for that. Plus, with an extra 2 days, I get to do some site seeing before the surgery.

Definitely worth it. If I had tried to have the surgery here, I'd never be able to have the surgery. The insurance God's deamed that to be so.

My health is a whole lot more important than a denial from my insurance, so BLLLAAAAHHH on the insurance companies out there that don't get it.

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I had surgery with Dr Kelly in Tijuana MX on May 10th this year. It cost $5500 plus airfare.

That included 2 nights in the hospital, then 2 nights in the hotel Lucerna. Had a great time & no complications!

If you want to view my journey I have a blog: http://njsharonjourney.blogspot.com/

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