Kimi Siar

Cash pay in STL for me is $18,000.00 just for the surgeon so all together on self pay sounds about right to me. Vegas has self pay deals around $11,000-$14,000 all inclusive

Yes - i am on Cobra for this reason and was hoping to go the 3 month route but there are no clear answers from my contacts with any pros so far.

I appreciate your reply and info. Thank you i will search missouri and st louis.

My surgeons office insurance specialist said that AETNA insurance would not allow me to go through the "normal" DesPeres (Excellence center) Hospita or DePaul Hospital WLS doctors (dietician / behavior therapist etc) like most of their patients due to their restrictions they wanted much higher qualified docs (such as an eating disorders psychologist) etc etc / I was hoping to find a very recently approved sleever in St. Louis who has AETNA to get their list of all doctors used that got them approved . I know it's a long shot but I'm not sure where to go - my a Surgeon is Dr Minkin - one of the best in Missouri . Thanks.