I was given prior authorization to have my gastric sleeve on January 24th and everything has been going well until today. I got a bill for $1800 and am very upset/confused. I was under the impression that the approval meant full coverage of the procedure. The financing person at my surgeon's office did not mention anything about a copay that substantial. Does anyone have any experience with Tricare standard or tricare select (as it is now called) and getting a giant bill 3 months later with no warning? Any information is appreciated.

I was given prior authorization to have my gastric sleeve on January 24th and everything has been going well until today. I got a bill for $1800 and am very upset/confused. I was under the impression that the approval meant full coverage of the procedure. The financing person at my surgeon's office did not mention anything about a copay that substantial. Does anyone have any experience with Tricare standard or tricare select (as it is now called) and getting a giant bill 3 months later with no warning? Any information is appreciated.

Not with WLS, but when I had an IUD put in tricare was supposed to cover it, but didn't. I had to put a call in to both tricare and the hospital to get it smoothed over. I was out of standard tricare area (went back home to have the baby when my husband got deployed). Check the regulations, the hospital had to eat the bill in the end because the dr. That performed the implant did accept tricare even though tricare (supposedly) didn't cover IUD's.

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