Hi All. I'm wondering if anyone has had this issue. I'm a self pay and the hospital my doctor performs surgery at is not in-network with my insurance. My insurance excludes weight loss surgery, but they are subsidizing it in part because I will also be having a hernia repair. My concern is that, while my fee to the doctor and the hospital has gone down for the weight loss surgery, I'm going to be hit with a fee for having the hernia repair at a hospital that is out of network. Both the doctor's office and the hospital have assured me this is not the case, but I'm still worried. I don't know if this is the proper forum for this because I'm a newbie. I had originally posted this in the self pay section but was informed that folder is for Mexico self pay.

I have a friend who was also self pay. Her total charge was $10,500 for the WLS. They then filed her insurance for the hernia repair and I do believe the ins paid about $3500.00. So, when all said and done her out of pocket was only $7000.00.

Thanks for the response. I called the doctor's office again today and they said I would not be getting any additional bills from the hospital.