Hey! Sorry for the late reply - been extremely busy around here and haven't had much of a chance to sit down at my comp. Anywho - - - My Dr. is affiliated with a specific program, but they just changed the name of it and I can't remember off hand - - Self pay will be 16,000.00$ - *yikes! I know!* Ada and the whole team is EXTREMELY helpful in this area though. They have been there with me every step of the way to help me get everything submitted to my insurance company. I'm still waiting to hear back, as it can just take FOREVER sometimes. *patience patience patience* I can say, through experience with other Doctors/clinics, that they have been BY FAR the most thorough. Dr. Raspanti met with me for an hour and a half and gave me any and all pre-surg. education that I could soak up. He is such a wonderful man and Doctor. The entire fee of 16,000.00$(self pay) or *I THINK* 25,000.00$(insurance, with 3,000.00$ deductible) includes all hospital time, including surgery, overnight stay, all of your needs while in the hospital, the actual band itself, the first year of checkup's and fills........I think that there might be a few more things I left off, but Ada will gladly tell you anything you want to know if you give her a call. Sorry if I'm rambling too much in this post - just got off work and I'm exhausted. Let me know how it goes! Hope I've been helpful!!! ~Lindsey
