It has been recommended to me and I keep hearing this pop up that if my Dr. does a scope prior to surgery and finds a Hiatal Hernia that I may receive some assistance with insurance.

Just curious if this has happened to anyone out there. I have Blue Cross and there is a specific exclusion in my plan for bariatric surgery. I had a surgeon tell me he has seen some patients save up to $4,000 after discovering a hiatal hernia.

TIA

My insurance has approved hiatal hernia surgery and my out of pocket for the sleeve part of the surgery will be $3500. I also had to have a CT scan because of a spot that was tender on my side during my physical, and I have gall stones, so they will be removing my gall bladder during surgery too!

Hey Jen, I ended up getting my surgery cost down to $4900. Still a lot of money but I'm ready to spend that kind of money on taking a healthy step for myself. It took me a long time to get to where I could swallow spending that kind of cash but I'm there now. I had my gal bladder removed back in 2000 so that's one thing I don't have to pay for now. I'm guessing they will remove your gal bladder at the same time as the sleeve?

Yes, they will repair the hernia, remove my gall bladder and do the sleeve all at the same time. I'm nervous but so excited!!!

this would be awesome! Well not as awesome as having BcBs cover everything but pretty darn close. Still working on my appeal