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So the bill says 110,915.17 after all the discounts it totals 28,207.00 that's a pretty penny IMO not to bad considering I spent 4 days in a private room at Cedars Sinai..

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Amazing, we are pretty lucky! I could have never done this without insurance covering it! Very lucky and happy!

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how much oop did you have to pay?

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Not sure yet I have an *** and think I'm responsble for 10% of it..

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Hello everyone I'm brand new here (well I 've been lurking for about a month). My insurance company pays for 80% of my surgery and I am in charge of the other 20. I was wondering if more of you could share what the cost of your surgery was (after the discounts).

Thanks for any information.

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How funny for some reason it sensored me typing H M O weird..

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My final bill was almost $27,000 (at a top-notch facility in Boston, MA). My out-of-pocket for my life-changing surgery?? $100. Thank you SO MUCH, Harvard Pilgrim H.M.O!!! :)

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I never tallied my bills up but know I saw one for $48k....I was only responsible for about $1500 of the entire process so not much at all....

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My final bill was almost $27,000 (at a top-notch facility in Boston, MA). My out-of-pocket for my life-changing surgery?? $100. Thank you SO MUCH, Harvard Pilgrim H.M.O!!! :)

do you mind me asking how much your percentage was? like mine i have to pay 15%

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I work with insurance frequently as the Director of Human Resources for my firm. I was self-pay and my single bill was around $18,000. I was told that if I had insurance coverage the health care providers would have billed the insurance company roughly $50,000. Ridiculous.

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My final bill was almost $27,000 (at a top-notch facility in Boston, MA). My out-of-pocket for my life-changing surgery?? $100. Thank you SO MUCH, Harvard Pilgrim H.M.O!!! :)

Wow that's amazing!! I wish that was my only out of pocket amount. I have BCBS of Virginia.

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I was a self pay here in San Antonio, Texas and I paid

Doctor - $4500 (includes 3 months of follow up visits)

Anesthesia - $700

Hospital - $9250 (for up to three nights)

Tricare covered my labs and blood work....

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I was a self pay here in San Antonio' date=' Texas and I paid

Doctor - 4500 (includes 3 months of follow up visits)

Anesthesia - 700

Hospital - 9250 (for up to three nights)

Tricare covered my labs and blood work....[/quote']

What hospital in San Antonio did you have your surgery?

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do you mind me asking how much your percentage was? like mine i have to pay 15%

My total out of pocket expenses were limited to a $100 co-pay, kbby....I didn't have to pay any percentage of the total bill. I was incredibly fortunate...and HP approved my surgery within 2 days of receiving the first request for approval from my surgeon's office. :)

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What hospital in San Antonio did you have your surgery?

I had Dr. Pilcher and I am at Methodist TEXSAN

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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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