Hi ellen, I just got banded on 10/16/07 with Dr. Oh at St Francis Hospital in Federal Way, so far soo good, just trying to get healed up. My experience with Dr. Oh has been pretty good, he knows his stuff and i was in and out of ther hospital with no problem. My dad also had surgery with Dr. Oh on August 23rd 2007, so we are going through this together, were both self paying patients, it was around 12,800 for the surgery not including pre-op testing, the cheaspest price i've found around WA.