Couldn't believe how much this surgery cost when I saw the amount billed to my insurance plan! (Luckily my insurance should cover all of that) Wondered what others have paid...

My insurance has a "cap" of $1,000 out of pocket per year, so that is all I had to pay for the whole thing. I can't remember the exact amount the insurance paid, but I believe it was around $18,000.

I finally got all my bills for the surgery, hospital bills, surgeons bill, anesthiologist bill, lab bill, radiologist bill. The hospital cost about 26,000 which I have to pay nothing because I met my out of pocket expenses for that. My other bills I had to pay a total of $400 for co-insurance. I have really good insurance but I pay a lot each month for it!

Sent from my iPad: Sleeved 4/24/2013 by Dr. Farrell @ UNC Hospital---Started: 239lbs--Goal: 150lbs--Current: 207lbs

My total surgical costs were about $20-22,000 ( including the surgical team cost, hospital stay, medicines, etc) but my out of pocket was only about $1500.