Cherie_B

Thanks Cherie. I was self-pay. I actually started off with a surgeon and had a consultation visit before I found the complications insurance. My husband was pretty much putting his foot down on this procedure if I couldn't have some kind of insurance. I searched for quite a while and only found one company that insures for weight loss surgery self pay. If you follow this link, BLIS - Improving Access to Weight Loss Surgery, and look for a surgeon in your area hopefully you will find one. There was only one within a reasonable distance from my house, but he was excellent! All and all I ended up paying a little under $20,000. I'll try to give you a rough break down below from what I can remember:

Surgeon Fee: 5,000

Hospital Charge: 10,000

Pre-op Lab Work: 1,200

Anesthesiologist: 1,200

BLIS complications insurance: 1,200

Nutritionist: $580

Good luck! Let me know if you have any other questions.