I have BCBS Empire Blue PPO from my husbands company and they told me that they cover the surgery, I just have to submit all the required documentation, past failed weight loss attempts, psch eval, doctor letter stating no endocrine disorders and nutritional eval. And now Im just waiting for the approval from the insurance. BCBS told me that the doctor just calls in a PR (prior authorization) for the surgery and everything is done over the phone in a matter of minutes. Im hoping to have the surgery in December, I'm just waiting on the doctor to call me back.