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i started thinking about how much i have spent POST banding....pretty scary....

$200 4 fills, covered by insurance, $50 each

$2,400 16 fills*, not covered by insurance $150 each

$750 fill under flouro

$1250 fill under flouro

$1400 fill under flouro (this was actually an ER unfill)

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6,000!!!!!!!!

holy crap. my share for surgery was 1,000.

just curious what others have paid for 'aftercare'

*i had to get a LOT of fills in the beginning because my fill was getting trapped in a pocket in the port. when i got a fill it never reached my band so i had to get several till i was over 4.0 cc and my dr would listen to me.

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I have had 6 fills at $200.00 each, one unfill at $200.00, I go to the doctor every 6 weeks at $90.00 per visit. No insurance so I pay it all, and I was a self pay at approximately $20,000.00. Pretty darn expensive!

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Fills for me are free w/o fluoro or $70 w/ fluoro....self pay (The 1st fill [and only] I had was w/fluoro-good thing, too, because the doc needed to adjust it several times during that 1 visit).

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Free fills and post-op dr. visits

$50. hospital co-pay

$100. ER fee when I had my port replaced.

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All my fills and aftercare are free forever and if I should require any revision surgery, that too will be free - the surgeon will only charge the scheduled fee so the entire amount will be covered by Medicare (in Australia).

I paid a $3,000 once off fee to my surgeon so that's all banding will ever cost me.

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post op I have only paid $20 co-pay for my 2nd fill. insurance covered everything upfront including 1st fill.

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So far all I've had to pay were copays, plus the filing costs associated with my appeals. But now my doctors are no longer in my insurance network so from here on out I'm on my own. I'm hoping not to have to spend anything anytime soon.

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the fills over here is free for life. im 6 months out i didn't pay anything more than what i did for the surgery.

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man!!! my insurance quit covering the band and anything band related 4 months after surgery so i have spent a small fortune.

if i hadnt been so grateful to finally GET some restriction i think i would have asked for a reimbursement on all the fills that were to get me 4.0 cc's. it was 7 fills!!

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I don't even know what I've spent, or what I owe, but here's a tasty list of what a band can cost:

$7,500.00 - original surgery in Mexico

$400.00 - travel for original surgery

$100 - copayments to primary for infected port and Urgent Care

$800.00 - 1st port removal

$400.00 - travel for 1st port removal

$150 - more co-payments for 2nd port infection, minor surgeries, meds

$2000 - port replacement

$200 - third trip to Mexico for port replacement

$40,000 - 2nd port removal

$200 - travel to California for 2nd port removal

$250 - medical supplies, packing gauze for 3 months wound care

$50,000 - band removal 12/27/05 (approx since bills still pending)

$900 - travel, hotel for 2nd band removal since hubby came

$100 - long distance calls to Mexico and California

$103,000.00 or $1,355.26 per pound lost. What a deal.

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This would make a good poll with ranges from 0 100-300 ect

I have spent 0 :)

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8995 for original surgery

500 total so far for all of my fills

3200 for my band removal

100-200 in meds Nexium, Prilosec, antibiotics

50 for cabs and parking in TJ

50 for gas to TJ

thousands in special foods and smaller clothing

But it was all worth every red cent!

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