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David Kim, MD in Colleyville Texas is $9950. www.drdkim.net

Yes I did. I also work for him. He is wonderful and so is our staff. He will be doing surgery at Forest Park Medical Center in Dallas when it opens and if you live over that way and prefer to have your fills done at Forest Park instead of driving to Colleyville then the price would decrease to $9950. That included 6 fills , 3 with fluoro and 3 without for 1 year. The $10,500 price includes unlimited fills and aadjustments at our office for one year.

Check out Dr. David Kim in Colleyville. His cash price is $10,500 and includes all fills and adjustments for one year. The fills are done by his Physicians assistant who is also a registered dietitian. Bariatric Weight Loss LAP-BAND System Gastric Bypass Surgery Arlington Dallas Fort Worth (Ft. Worth) Texas (TX)

Dr. David Kim in Colleyville accepts Mexico patients. $200 for fluoro fill. Bariatric Weight Loss LAP-BAND System Gastric Bypass Surgery Arlington Dallas Fort Worth (Ft. Worth) Texas (TX)

Actually everything is covered at 100% after you meet your deductible and OOP max UNTIL the insurance pays $20,000. Then YOU are responsible for 100% of the rest of the charges over the $20,000 maximum your insurance a,lows for the surgery. This $20,000 will include all bills associated with the surgery ie. surgeon, surgical assistant, hospital, lab, xray, radiologist, anesthesiologist etc. That also includes any post op charges after your 90 day global period that are associated with your surgery like fills, xrays, port replacement surgery in the future (if needed). You should be able to get quotes from your surgeon and the hospital of the esitmated charges prior to surgery. Some folks in your shoes find it is sometimes cheaper for them to pay cash, depending on the cash pay prices in your area. Then they save their insurance benefits for use after surgery.

My advice would be to have a sleep study done to see if you have sleep apnea. Also, when you submit your weights only submit the ones for each year that were over 35 BMI. Gestational diabetes does not count and neither does PCOS. UHC accepts only hypertension uncontrolled despite 2 medications, hyperlipidemia uncontrolled despite meds, heart disease, uncontrolled diabetes and sever sleep apnea. Good Luck!

I do Bariatric insurance approvals for a living. Aetna only requires 2 years of weight history. It must be a full 24 months from whatever day your insurance approval request is submitted. If you don't have doctor documention they will accept weight watchers logs, Jenny Craig weigh ins, etc. Anywhere you were weighed and someone else documented your weight. Also consider whether or not you visited Care now or the ER, had a work physical or were in the hospital for any reason. All of those are places to find your weight histroy. Good Luck!

www.drdkim.net Check out Dr. David Kim in Colleyville.

Hi Wendy, Lap band support group meets once a month at our office. Here is the information for the January meeting: Lap Band Support Group: Speaker: Jake Merrick -Personal Trainer Getting Motivated to start your Exercise Program Date: January 22nd Thursday night Time: 6:30 pm Location: Dr. Kim’s office 35 Veranda Lane Colleyville, Texas 76034 Phone: 817-581-6100 Kathy

Dr. Kim has dropped his cash price to $11,900 and includes 1 year of follow-up and lap band adjustments.

Just some ideas.. Care Credit and capital one will allow loans to be taken out for you in someone elses name. Could a parent, sibling or close friend get a loan for you? Some people borrow against their 401K. Some travel to another state where it is cheaper. (only $11,900 with my surgeon in Texas) Some got to Mexico where it is even cheaper than that. Some folks seek employment at companies whose insurance covers the surgery. And NEVER quit praying for your miracle!

I would gather the weights yourself and then only present the weights where your BMI is above 35. You don't have to turn in every single weight so just leave out the ones that are too low. Also, Aetna does consider elevated BP a co-morbidity but usually only if it is "uncontrolled despite 2 medications" They do not accept high cholesterol. I would recommend having a sleep study done to see if you have sleep apnea since they do accept that diagnosis if it is severe enough. Good Luck! Kathy

Hello! Look up Dr. David Kim in Colleyville. His cash price ranges from $11,900 to $12,400 (depending on which facility you have surgery at). His cash price includes free lap band or Realize band adjustments and office visits for 1 year. He also has his own dietitian on staff. His website is www.drdkim.net Good Luck!! Kathy

Oh come on! Not all doctors are "dishonest, unethical, greedy, arrogant, and the biggest BS'ERS" I have been a nurse for 25 years and I can tell you I have dealt with VERY FEW dishonest or unethical doctors. Arrogant and full of BS I can agree with on more than half of them. But honestly.. most doctors I have worked with are great people, mainly family men, and they all worked too hard for their medical licenses to jepordize them by trying to make an extra buck or cheat the system. As far as "greedy" goes.. Do you know what the average "take home pay" for a general practioner in America is today? This is after they pay all their over head.. I recently read that is is $86,000!!! ( this is the average between general practioners all across the US from New York City to small town in Alabama.) Now.. Divide that by their hourly work and they don't make much. I once worked for an Internal Medicine doctor.. Here is an example of his daily schedule. At the hospital by 600am to round on his patients that are there, to the office and see patients from 8-5. Review patient charts, lab results, return calls from 5-7 pm. Go to hospital on lunch break for a comittee meeting, Go back to the hospital after work to discharge patients. Home by 900PM and but "on-call" all night and answer patient phone calls, calls form hospital etc. then do it again the next day.. I don't know why the heck they do it. They could surely make more money doing something else. Must suck to work 24 hours a day for your patients and then run into ungrateful people with crappy attitudes who don't trust a thing you say and think your arrogant, greedy, dishonest, unethical and full of BS and have complete distain for you. By the way.. the original poster said it was a bill from the HOSPITAL not the DOCTOR. so the doctor is NOT trying to rip her off. Even though the hospital billed that much they will only get payed their contracted rate that the hospital and the insurance company agreed upon when the hospital became a contracted provider.

yes it should be consecutive

Dr. David Kim-- Colleyville Texas--- $11,900 to $12,400(depending on hosptial chosen) Free Lap band adjustments under fluoro for 1 year. Bariatric Surgery ? Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas ? Dr. David Kim

Hi, I do bariatirc insurance approvals for a living. Aetna will allow a 3 month multidisciplinary diet and nutrition program OR a 6 month physician supervised diet and nutrition program. However, some employers will require the 6 month diet as opposed to the 3 month program. You should check with them in January and see what your requirements are. Most often it is only the 3 month program. Good Luck! Kathy

Dr. David Kim in Colleyville accepts patients from other physicians and from Mexico. You can check him out online at www.drdkim.net or call his office at 817-581-6100.

Dr. David Kim in Colleyville takes patients from other physicians as well as from Mexico. Be sure to get your operative report which shows what type of band you have and the notes that show how much saline you have in your band. Dr. Kim's website is www.drdkim.net Kathy

Ideally the purpose of the 3 month progam is to "prepare you for surgery". That would include beginning an exercise routine and dropping some weight. That's what Aetna says the purpose for the 3 month program is. They call it a "Surgical Preparatory Regimen". However, I have never known anyone to be denied for not losing weight. Kathy

That looks good.. you shouldn't have any problems Good Luck! Kathy

I agree with care credit.. It is a medical credit card and can be used for anyone in your family, even a pet. I even knew a girl whose friend got the care credit card in her name and she used it for herself.

I do Bariatric surgery insurance approvals for a living. Aetna requires 90 days... an initial visit, then an appointment after 1 month, 2 months and 3 months. So it is actually 4 visits over 90 days. Kathy