Anyone had surgery in Jacksonville, FL??

[AmandaD. 35]

Hello!

I’ll be having the bypass surgery next year but I haven’t chosen a surgeon/specialist yet. Wanted to see if anyone had their surgery done in the Jacksonville, FL area and with who/experience…

Thank you!

[liveaboard15 1,289]

53 minutes ago, AmandaD. said:

Hello!

I’ll be having the bypass surgery next year but I haven’t chosen a surgeon/specialist yet. Wanted to see if anyone had their surgery done in the Jacksonville, FL area and with who/experience…

Thank you!

Hi,

I sure did. At Baptist Medical Center downtown. I was self pay. (My insurance would not cover it) after everything i paid roughly around $18-20K. The surgery went great, The hospital was great, Recovery was great. My surgeon was Dr Hodgett. I shopped around. This one in particular was a bit more expensive than others but i liked the place and what they offered. Here is their website. https://www.baptistjax.com/services/bariatric-surgery

[AmandaD. 35]

On 08/17/2022 at 10:05, liveaboard15 said:

Hi,

I sure did. At Baptist Medical Center downtown. I was self pay. (My insurance would not cover it) after everything i paid roughly around $18-20K. The surgery went great, The hospital was great, Recovery was great. My surgeon was Dr Hodgett. I shopped around. This one in particular was a bit more expensive than others but i liked the place and what they offered. Here is their website. https://www.baptistjax.com/services/bariatric-surgery

Thank you! I believe he is in network for my insurance - did you go through a 6 month program?

[liveaboard15 1,289]

1 hour ago, AmandaD. said:

Thank you! I believe he is in network for my insurance - did you go through a 6 month program?

No because i paid cash for my surgery. So i didnt need to go thru all the hoops of insurance. Tho even tho i paid cash i still had to get blood work done, xrays, EKG, Psychological exam ect... and my EKG came back abnormal so i had to go see my cardiologist which then sent me to get a nuclear stress test done. But once i got all that done my surgery date was pretty quick. Surgery date was easy and quick for the most part.

[liveaboard15 1,289]

Memorial hospital on Baymeadows also does the surgery. Theirs was like 3 grand cheaper and i heard good reviews but it being a for profit hospital turned me away. The next one i considered was st vincents over on riverside because another member here said they got theirs done there and had good experience.

[mark454 0]

I had surgery at St Vincents Riverside, and my surgeon was Dr Issac Motamarry. Brilliant man with lots of experience. He is part of the North Florida Surgeons group. My wife and I both had sleeves done. Her in August and me in September. Hers was actually a revision of a lap band done years earlier. Dr Motamarry is very caring and from the beginning we were treated like a member of his family. My own primary care doctor and one of my sisters-in-law also had sleeves done with him. Can't say enough good about this man. By all means, look him up. Good luck on your journey.

Edited November 14, 2022 by mark454
Typos, added last 2 sentences.