I am financing due to being 38.5 bmi. The advantage is that I can be scheduled two weeks after meeting the surgeon! I believe the lapband is best for me. Anyone else financing?

Curiosity got me.... you want a lapband but your screen name is gastricsleeve2018?

I was thinking the same thing...

6 hours ago, GastricSleeve2018 said:

I believe the lapband is best for me.

Your member name defies me.

You are not going to have a lap band, surely? The success of gastric sleeve operations in substantially higher than lap band.

I'm confused.

Please explain.

Sent the sleeve. It was a typo LOL. I'm getting the gastric sleeve the second week of June and I don't know how to at my post. Please be kind.

and yes, I would never get a lap band. I have not heard of any long-term success as it seems to slip even years and years after being put in. My mom got a gastric sleeve six months ago and has had success.

Good luck on your journey and to answer your question, no sorry I didn’t finance. Insurance covered my surgeries.

On 5/3/2018 at 10:01 PM, GastricSleeve2018 said:

I am financing due to being 38.5 bmi. The advantage is that I can be scheduled two weeks after meeting the surgeon! I believe the lapband is best for me. Anyone else financing?

I met with my surgeon today and I have a 36.9 BMI so I’ll be financing too. Waiting to hear from the finance rep to see how payments work. Did you have to do a down payment?

On 5/7/2018 at 10:47 PM, gully90 said:

I met with my surgeon today and I have a 36.9 BMI so I’ll be financing too. Waiting to hear from the finance rep to see how payments work. Did you have to do a down payment?

Nope!

On 05/27/2018 at 08:23, GastricSleeve2018 said:

Nope!

Yes mine was pay in full!! So June 6th here I come

I was self pay and had gastric bypass surgery on 5/30

How exactly are you financing? I'm needing my surgery at the end of June and I have no idea how I'm going to come up with 4000:(

I too am financing / self pay.

I was going to go with Prosper but I did not like their interest rate. I am getting a loan from my credit union.

Prosper was very nice to work with.

Hi all - Am very upset to have learned that my "top flight" BCBS PPO will not approve my DS (being done 9 years after a sleeve). Have you found financing through your hospital billing/financial assistance office to be an option? Can't believe I may have to self pay.

Hi all - Am very upset to have learned that my "top flight" BCBS PPO will not approve my DS (being done 9 years after a sleeve). Have you found financing through your hospital billing/financial assistance office to be an option? Can't believe I may have to self pay.

Will they pay for RNY gastric bypass instead, or they won't pay for any bariatric surgery?

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Curious - I am just looking for info at this point. We have two policies, but my BMI is 35 snd I don’t want to have to get a diagnosis of diabetes (currently have PCOS and borderline diabetic and that is bad enough. Not sure if Tricare is less picky about co-morbidities than BCBS of Illinois so despite double coverage I still may have to pay.

I was wondering what the cash charge was for the surgery part alone (I mean minus pre-op workup which my insurance should cover).