Received a bill from my hospital today that my Co Pay for is over 4,000$$$ they are billing the band as durable medical equipment. Blue cross pays 70/30...upon researching the bill, l found out the hospital made a mistake and billed for two lap bands..Meanwhile the insurance paid the bill of over $21,000. When l called the insurance company to tell them of the error they said.....Now it looks like your total amount due to the hospital will be about $2,000. NO WHERE was l ever told about the billing system. Before my surgery, l called the insurance probably 20xs..l got an approval letter and all..Nothing was mentioned about the durable medical equipment..The insurance is insisting that the cost of the actual lap band is about $9,000...wow thats an expensive piece of plastic...something is wrong with this whole picture...Has anyone else had this problem?????

Haven't had a problem with BC/BS Federal yet...received my approval letter last week. We had to pay surgeon $474 ($300 deductible plus 10%) prior to scheduling surgery date. Please keep me posted on your BC/BS situation. Thanks, LB

lm at the point where l'm still fighting with Blue Cross and the hospital..l believe the whole situation happened bec of a coding error..Blue Cross on the othert hand says l should be greatful that my bill has gone from $4,000 to $2,000..l should only owe the hospital 100. lm in the medical field and gees l am frustrated dealing with them...l will fight it to the end...On the good side, l had my surgery 9/12 and have lost 50 lbs...stay in touch

Lisa