Tonight I learned there's a chance my medicaid will expire before I get my surgery. I have no other insurance. So leaving aside the host of other problems caused by not having insurance, this means there's a chance I may not be able to have WLS unless I pay for it myself. I honestly have no idea how to do that, we live paycheck to paycheck and have bad credit, so no loans for me. Which leaves me trying to pay for it out of pocket with my tax refund. Before I can even start to think about doing that though I need more info on how much surgery in Mexico cost, total. Surgery, hospital stay, plane tickets there, etc. If your spouse or significant other went with you did they stay at the hospital, or did they have to get a hotel room. All that stuff.

So after all was said and done... how much did WLS in Mexico cost you?

Has anyone recently gone through Mexico Bariatric Center (MBC) I have been considering Dr Valenzuela. MBC contacted me with the price with was $5000? Plus 200 for a companion. Last I checked the price was much lower.. has anyone else been quoted this price?

Has anyone used Dr. Illan? He seems good from the videos but so does Ortiz

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Mine was $500 down $3750 when I got there. Included airport transfers from San Diego, 1 pre op hotel night, surgery, 2 nights hospital stay, 2 nights post op hotel and post op meds. I used Dr Fernando Garcia at Tijuana Bariatrics for sleeve surgery last week. When I got my band I used Dr Ortiz at Obesity Control Center. He is kinda high priced now but also top notch. Wish I coulda used him again.

I am looking at Dr Ariel Ortiz for sleeve surgery in Oct 2016. Can you tell me anything about him & staff. His on-line marketing is amazing & I'm not convinced he is real. Is he & staff legitimate ?

When we were no longer eligible for Medicaid, we were given a 12 month period before they kicked us off the insurance. You might want to check into it.

Using points for my flight, surgery $4400

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happytrooper11 works for this surgeon. Their IP address was coming from Mexico and they've been banned.

I'd be a little careful if I were you....

Oh and the email they used to register was worklongtermvsg@XXXXX.com . That was a pure giveaway.

It's impossible to offer actual surgery using decent equipment, facilities, staff, non-expired staples etc for such a low price. They're skimping on things that you don't realize but you're putting your life at risk.

Thank goodness someone here is looking out for us!

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Has anyone used Dr. Illan? He seems good from the videos but so does Ortiz

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I've spoken to many of Dr. Illans patients and nothing but great things to say. He's now affiliated with Bariatric Pal and using Oasis Hospital s new bariatric unit if you go through BP. My surgery is October 11th. I will keep you posted

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