Hello. I live in the Hampton Roads part of Virginia and I have decided to pay out of pocket for lap-band surgery as my insurance will not pay. Any information would be helpful for the total cost of the surgery preferably in the state of Virginia. Thank you.

Just a thought. I flew from NC to Denver to have Dr. Kirshenbaum do my surgery. It was less than $10,000 and I only had to go to Denver once. No pesky psych evaluations and nonsense like that. He is fantastic too.

I go to the wlsc of hampton roads and had surgery on June 25th. You pay a $750 program fee, and my surgery was $18,400, including the hospital and all care there as an outpatient.

I'm from the same area, I couldn't find anything for less then 18 so i'm headed to mexico on 7/22 total cost 7000.00 +539.00 round trip air. after care will be with fill centers USA in va. bch. good luck finding what your looking for.

Good Morning, I was self pay too. I paid $16,750, (I think that's what it was, it's been almost 4 years), which included overnight hospital stay and a year of fills..withOUT flouro. All fills by WLSHR is now done under flouro. Now the surgery is done as an outpatient.

Did I mention, I love my band :tongue_smilie:.

So if it is now outpatient, meaning no overnight, wouldn't it be a little bit cheaper?? I am waiting to love my band! :tongue_smilie:

LOL, you'd THINK SO, that it would be cheaper, but not according to Donna.

Keep us informed, and best of luck to you.

Just dropping you a line to let you know i'm back from Mexico and everything went great. And didn't break the bank. good luck in your quest. :eek:

I am glad you made out fine!! Today is my scheduled seminar date. I'll keep you posted!

Ask lots of questions, and good luck this is just the begining :thumbup:

I'm popping on months later but I figured it might still benefot someone to know.

My total cost for lap-band, all follow up and the whole she-bang was $17,500.00