have to self pay. Do to an unforseen windfall, forturnatly I will be able to do so, but I sure would like to save some of that money if I can. I have a small umbilical hernia. Does anyone know if I could get a discount on the lap band if I have another insurance covered procedure done at the same time? When I had my hyatel hernia fixed I asked the surgeon just before surgery if they could take out my remaining ovary with a cyst on it. He said yes...I signed the papers right there, and they did it all at the same time. Come to find out I saved my insurance money, because they were already paying for a laprascopic procedure, so all that was added bill was the cost of removing the ovary...Am I rambling to the point to where no one has a clue what I am talking about?

I've seen the question asked before...but in a different form. I've seen self-payers have the hernia thrown in "for free".

You don't get what you don't ask for, so I'd just call around to a few doctors and see if what you're proposing is reasonable or not. You might be surprised!

Maybe do a search in the insurance forum for the word "hernia" and see if you can find similar questions.

Best of luck to you!

Most hernias discussed here are hiatal hernias, not umbilical ones. A hiatal hernia would impact your band and is an easy fix, apparently, when the surgeon is doing the band implant, but that wouldn't necessarily be true of an umbilical hernia, so I don't think previous posts here would be applicable.

However, you would think that since you are already in the OR and anaesthetized you could get some kind of twofer deal!

You would think that since I was in there getting the hernia repaired that I could get some kind of break on the band. If my insurance is paying 100% for the hernia repair, and they are doing the lap band at the same time, I should at least get a break on the anestesia since I will already be out for the hernia repair. :thumbup::confused2: