My insurance paid 100%. My neurosurgeon wrote the insurance a letter requesting that they allow me to have the banding and cover all charges and they did! Good Luck!

Congratulations SIssy...you are on e of the lucky ones to get your insurance to pay 100%

I have Blue Cross of California and no way do they cover the band yet besides I was told by my PCP that I would never qualify even if they did.. even though I was 100 pounds overweight with a BMI of 42 I was in perfect health..blood pressure normal..low cholesterol..no heart problems or diabetes or sleep apnea or arthritis or joint pain. Hard to imagine being 100lbs overweight and my PCP tells me I'm as healthy as a horse so I self paid but do not regret one single penny of it!

You are very fortunate..that is great you had no expenses out of pocket...

Congrats!!! I self payed also and I ditto what was said. I would do it again in a min but good for you sissyfaye:banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana

I was very fortunate in having insurance that paid, except my copays. I did have several health problems ...blood pressure, asthma, reflux, hiatal hernia, arthritis. Those have all been drastically reduced and the RXs too. At one time I was healthy as a horse, then I just became big as one.

My health problems is why my surgeon wrote the letter. BTW it was his idea not mine, but now I reap the benifits. I have had 7 back surgeries due to degenerative disc disease and the extra 147 pounds I was carring around sure didn't help matters. Plus I have high BP, sleep apnea, asthma and due to a bad case of meningitis, I have had 10 brain surgeries in the past 2 1/2 years for a VP shunt. So that is why I am sure the insurance paid. Good Luck to you.