I went on my insurance website and checked my claim status.

So far The tally is up to $72,000 dollars plus change!!!!

And to think I was bellyaching about paying $3,000 dollars out of pocket?

I am truly counting my blessings today.

Wondering how much others have paid for sugery? Curious to know if there is a difference depending on your geographic location.

Difference based on geographic location - that's a great question and it will be interesting to see if anyone knows the answer or if any kind of pattern emerges from the responses to your post. I'm in So. California and the total on mine was roughly $50k which is a far cry from the $72k. I also had a total co-pay of only $500. I suspect that the co-pay amount is dependent on the insurance policy itself but wonder if some policies calculate the co-pay as a percentage of the total cost of the surgery. Insurance coverage is a make or break deal for most of us and there appears to be a very broad range of costs the insured is responsible for.

I haven't checked to see the cost of the surgery. I also haven't paid anything out of pocket.

I have BCBS and for mine, its running $35000-50000 I believe. I'm in NC. I got some other non weight related surgery in March so my deductible and Max out if pocket were covered already! I owe $291 for the hospital copay! If those weren't met it would be close to $5000 out of pocket.

Just got my bill...,before any insurance deduction it is almost $60,000. Waaaay more than I thought it would be. Hopefully state employees BCBS of NC comes through big time! Now I'm dreading the next bill with the amount I actually owe!

I'm a little freaked out now!