Hey all, I am currently finishing up my last couple doctor appointments and am curious as to,how long my insurance will take to give approval once documentation is submitted. Can any one that has BCBS share how long their approval took? I am hoping to have my band in by Christmas, but I've been told BCBS takes 60,days.

I have BCBS too. If I remember right, my paper work was submitted late Sept, I was approved early Nov, had my meeting with the surgeon mid Nov, and was banded Dec 13, 2011. I am extremely grateful to BCBS for paying for my surgery., Im not sure I could of done otherwise. It gave me my life back, Im VERY happy and healthy now. Good luck !!

I have bcbs ca, my very first apt was April 2, 3 days later they submitted everything to insurance, ins came back 30 days later saying we want 5 more months of nutritional classes for a total of 6, went to those may thru sept, resubmitted, ins came back 2 weeks later with approval, and I was banded on oct 3, so in a nutshell, start to finish was 6 months

I have BCS of AZ. I'm done w/all my required appts. Its been a week and 3 days since my surgeons office submitted all the paperwork. I called my surgeons office today and they told me that my authorization is in "the pending phase" it can be up to another week before I hear anything back, oh the waiting game. Good luck to you!

It's definitely a waiting game. I'm so excited. I hope I get to have mine in December as this is my Christmas present from my great mother. I just can't wait to have my confidence and self esteem

I have BCBS-IL. They only took a couple weeks to approve me. (Banded April 2013). My doctors office is VERY organized and they submitted everything correctly the first time. Also, once the paperwork is submitted to BCBS, wait about a week and then call them yourself. I double checked that they had everything they needed and they gave me a verbal acceptance right then over the phone. I was able to schedule my surgery for 1 month after my official approval. Good luck! I love BCBS-IL!

Edited October 12, 201411 yr by icebergslim