Will ins pay for leaky port surgery?

ajack · December 23, 2005

I may have a leaky port/band does ins pay to replace that?? what if the band is the leak? do they warranty it? does ins pay for it?

terriann50 · December 23, 2005

Mine is leaking too. I had a port revision in November and it seemed that it was ok until I got a fill and it was too tight then when I went back to get some of the fill taken out becaue it was too tight then it started leaking. I went back and had another fill up to 1.4 and went back the next day and had it checked and was down to .8 so I am going back through the whole insurance approval thing to have my whole band replaced. My dr said it is best to just change the whole thing.

terriann50 · December 23, 2005

they did tell me at my dr's office that their experience is the insurance will pay because it is a faulty device, not your fault.

terriann50 · December 29, 2008

Good News In October 2008 I finally got my port replaced which took care of the leak. I wasnt getting anywhere with my previou doctor but we moved to the DFW area in Dec of 2006 and when I finally found a dr he had to jump through ins hoops but finally it worked and I got it fixed and have already lost 24 pounds since then. Just wanted to update everyone that it will get better I was getting very discouraged in the process but it turned out well.