Cost of surgery

[DesertGirl 14]

What has everyone paid for their surgery? I had my VSG April 30. I'm just starting to get my EOBs in the mail. So far my share of the hospital bill is $4,600. The anesthesiologist is $380. Doctor bill and procedure bill is $700. That's just the EOBs that have come in. No bills yet. I was expecting $2,000 total my share. But this has been way more. And that's 15% my share of the allowed amount.

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[Melissa Cad 1]

Hi, I’m not sure if this is something your interested in but check out CareCredit.com. It’s a credit card for health and wellness. I think it would help! For example, if you pay your hospital bills and you put $2500 on the card, they set you up on a plan, letting you make monthly payments with a reduced interest rate. Check to see if your hospital accepts it. Sorry if this isn’t any help! 😔

Mel

[shortmocha 39]

You can ask the hospital for a payment plan. They want to get their money even if it's over a few months. My son ended up in the emergency room a couple of months ago. I hadn't met my deductible yet. A few hours in the ER was almost $2K. My hospital has an on-line payment option and when I went on-line to pay it gave me the option to pay over time. I opted to pay $200/month for 10 months rather than wipe out my healthcare account all at once. I've heard other acquaintances say they've been able to work out plans with doctors/hospitals. It's worth a try.

I just paid about $1100 to my surgeon for the program fee, that day's office visit, and for the surgery. Who knows what the hospital and other doctors and departments there will charge. My only comfort is I'm only maybe $1500 from my max out of pocket so I'm going to cap out before it gets too outrageous.

Edited June 19, 2018 by shortmocha

[Bryn910 519]

Only $100, was my co-pay.

I did get an EOB, & surgery total was a little over $23k.

[browneyez42 280]

Total surgery, a little over $27,000...out of pocket costs were $640



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[nomdeplume 36]

I didn’t have an out-of-pocket cost, but I did get an EOB. My surgery totaled a little over $30,000.

[miss_smiles 192]

My sleeve was 17K, and my bypass was around 20K, I had both fully covered by insurance so my out of pocket expenses were a couple hundred,