tiffanymarie6997

This may be a dumb question, but if you opt to pay for your surgery yourself, do most places require you to pay the entire amount up front before they'll perform the surgery? I have Anthem BCBS, they give me a hard time approving my birth control (ridiculous) so I feel like they are going to reject me for this surgery no matter how many hoops I jump through. I'm trying to figure out plan B just in case. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

I am 25 years old and have been overweight my entire life. I was in and out of the doctor for my whole life (asthma, pre-diabetes, PCOS, allergies, sleep apnea) up until the age of 19 when my insurance dropped me from my Mom's plan. I didn't get insurance again until last year when I was 24 and still haven't been back to a regular doctor (I was scared to go since it had been so long), I've only been to my gynecologist who is sending my referral to Baptist health for a gastric sleeve surgery and she is really pushing for me to get it. I'm worried since there is a 5-6 year gap of literally no doctor visits that Anthem BCBS is not going to approve me for surgery for lack of medical history for those 5-6 years. I am 25, 5'6 and weigh 361 pounds (211 pounds overweight, BMI 58). I have PCOS and was diagnosed with pseudo-tumor cerebri at a hospital, but never followed up with doctors about it due to my previous lack of insurance. I'm infertile due to my PCOS and weight which I know is usually something they consider in approval. Does anyone have any insight to my situation? Seeking advice, encouragement, personal experiences.