I am considering having the lapband procedure with Dr. Change in Victoria, TX. Does anyone know what the price range is for self-pay patients? I had the lapband surgery last year in Houston & had to have it removed because of slippage after only six months. I'm ready to try again!

sandy

I'm sorry I do not have any insight on your future Dr. But may I ask who banded you the first time? You can PM me if you want. Please if you do go with your current Dr. keep us posted!

THANK YOU-

Hi, I live in Victoria, TX! I'm planning on having mine in College Station, but have to do my 6-month medically supervised wt loss program first, which I just started last week.

From what I've seen, cash-pay is somewhere between $10,000-$13,000. You can often get a loan and then just make payments to the bank.

I haven't heard anything about the doctor you're looking into. My insurance only pays in-network if I go to a facility that is one of their preferred providers, which is why I've chosen College Station. We have a preferred provider facility in Victoria,but no one does the procedure there.

The physician I chose has a mandatory seminar you have to attend before starting the journey, and it was great- they gave us all kinds of information, answered questions, and so forth. Does Dr. Chang offer any kind of information sessions? If not, I'm sure you can call the surgery coordinator at his office and ask your questions. Let us know how it turns out!

Gastric By-Pass - 5 500$ in Moscow, Russia

hi

mine was 12,900 which included 1 year of free fills, monthly support meetings and any doctor visits for issues.

i used dr spivak in houston and he was great