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I got my EOB today for my surgery that I had in December and the insurance company paid just over $15,000 for everything (my surgery, the hospital stay etc...) and if I didn't have insurance it would have cost me over $18,000. How much did I pay of the $15,000? well prior to my surgery I had already met my out of pocket max for the year so it cost me $0!!

Was your surgery covered? or was it all out of pocket? how much was your insurance company charged for the surgery (if your insurance covered the surgery)?

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I haven't received my EOB from my insurance provider yet but, my surgery was covered under my plan.

Total out of pocket = $250.00

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My out of pocket was about $400. That was the hospital copay, surgeon copay for visits, and Vitamins.

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WOW well I can tell you this mine will be more than that...I am jealous my insurance is not that good....and I spend about$340 a month for single coverage

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My insurance had an exclusion so I paid 12,200 for the surgery and another 2000 in travel expenses to Texas, Vitamins, and everything else. Good thing is it was all tax deductible!

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Wow why all the way to Texas.....are their no surgeons closer to you.....It makes me think if Mexico would be cheaper but then I think I can't drink the Water

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My insurance excludes wls so I was self pay. I paid about $14,700 for the surgery, $200 for the consultation, $35 for the psych evaluation, and approximately $300 for the food for the pre-op diet, for a total of $15,235. The $14,700 included the surgeon, anesthesiologist, dietician, and follow up appointments for two years.

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<p>Wow why all the way to Texas.....are their no surgeons closer to you.....It makes me think if Mexico would be cheaper but then I think I can't drink the water</p>

I used to live in Texas and had already started investigating it back then. Also, self pay in Denver is more like 17,000 so it was way cheaper to do it in Texas.

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I'm in Texas and my insurance also has an exclusion but I have a hiatal hernia so my surgery is subsidized. My cash price is $8100. Without the hernia it would have been $12,500.

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I'm in the uk so no insurance to know the cost or pay anything it was done on the nhs all free for me.

how it works here is you are referred by your gp then you g to the doctors they do all kinds of assessments on you then apply for funding on a medical board if you are approved you then attend classes and groups and more tests given a date and bobs your uncle.

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I'm in the uk so no insurance to know the cost or pay anything it was done on the nhs all free for me.

how it works here is you are referred by your gp then you g to the doctors they do all kinds of assessments on you then apply for funding on a medical board if you are approved you then attend classes and groups and more tests given a date and bobs your uncle.

Lol :))

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My hospital bill alone was $50,000.!!!!! I don't quite remember how much the insurance company actually paid. Out of pocket was bout 2800. Norm surgery. 3 nights.

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I paid 25,000 out of pocket for the surgery without insurance. My insurance covered all of the testing from other doctors, but my co pays added another few hundred onto the bill.

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Wow why all the way to Texas.....are their no surgeons closer to you.....It makes me think if Mexico would be cheaper but then I think I can't drink the Water

If people can't drink the Water there, then what do they drink? :unsure:

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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