Anyone out there use these "fill centers"? My post-op only goes for 3 months and 3 fills. I am 3 months post-op and will have my 3rd fill next week. Since I have to travel about 2 hrs to go to the doctor I was thinking about using the fill center which is local here in Austin. Any info would be appreciated. I know what the costs are but was just wondering about the care and peoples experiences.

I use fill centers usa in South Carolina. The doctor that I see is awesome. I have no complaints.

Does the fill center work with you with your insurance or is it just always cash payment?

I use the fill center here in WA and I love love love my doc!! he's eccentric, funny and has been in bariatrics for like 40 years, as for insurance or self pay, I was a self pay for surgery so am a self pay for the fills, the initial visit is 349 and the following fills are 165 and just office visits are 85, check out their website Fill Centers USA - Lap Band Fill - Lap Band Support - Lap Band Post Surgery - Weight Loss Surgery - Fill Center USA - LapBand Adjustments - Bariatric Surgery - LapBand Fill, what I really like about them as a travel nurse is when I have to move for work I can just go to another fill center and all my files travel with me and I never have to search to find a provider, there are currently about 30 open centers.

Hope this info helps!

i dont know about the insurance because i am self pay.

Has anyone gone to the Fill Center, USA in Salem, Or.? I am thinking of giving them a try. I have been going to a Dr. in Hood River, but it is 3 hrs. away and Salem is only 20 miles away.

Do they have support groups or anything like that? I have been banded for 3 yrs., and a yr. after my banding found out I had breast cancer. Went through Chemo. and radiation. Now I really want to get back to trying again, as I have only lost about 47lbs. I still want to loose about 85 more.

Any help would be appriciated!

Thanks,

Weight shaker

I think it depends on the location. I love my fill centers usa doctor in NC. He is a regular primary care physician, so you just go to a regular doctor's office. But he also does lots and lots of fills. He is the only fill centers usa location for our area so he does lots of fills. So he is good at it. He is just as good as my original surgeon, and that's saying something.

Thanks Totallytater. I have an appointment scheduled in Hood River for this Wed.. I am just trying to decide if I should switch to USA Fills. I pay $152 for a fill, he just went up from $125.

I would really like to find a local support group. Do they offer support groups?

Thanks

I told you the wrong figure. I think the fills are actually more like $165 and the first one is $350. They don't have support groups that I am aware of.