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Just spoke with my insurance company..They are willing to pay up to 15,000 life time max for the lap band..How much does this usually cost? I always have a fear that I will have complications and then not be able to have it removed...Any input would help

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I hear most self-pay patients say its around 10,000 dollars.

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Self-pay and what an insurance company is billed are two entirely different things.

The best way to find out is ask your surgeon's office what they bill. But there is also how much the hospital and anesthesiologist bills.

You will have follow-up tests in years to come as well. My surgeon wants me to have an upper GI every year.

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I paid cash for mine at 6,200.00 but that was in Mexico and not in the States. I think the cheapest I have seen it for cash price is 10,000 but the hospital in my City at their bariatric center charges 23,000 for lap band.

Just spoke with my insurance company..They are willing to pay up to 15,000 life time max for the lap band..How much does this usually cost? I always have a fear that I will have complications and then not be able to have it removed...Any input would help

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Mine was 19,961.16$. Just for my surgery with all the meds, anesthesia, and surgeon bill. By I have insurance so my cost was 1450.00.

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