Low cost, cash pay option

[jacquelynn.mclean 103]

I'm trying to find a low cost, cash pay option for a sleeve. I've seen where there is a clinic in Mexico that charges about $8k but would like to find a US option. Anyone know of a place??

[Houston17 115]

Someone posted that there is a doctor close to Lafayette, LA that charges $9800.

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

Sometimes if your cash pay, they may lower their rate due to the economy right now.....

[Houston17 115]

This is from Mactrio:

I was self pay and had surgery on Monday 3/25/13) I live in Louisiana and my surgery was done by Dr Thomas Borland in New Iberia, La. He does it as out patient surgery and then you stay at a local hotel (I stayed at candlewood suites) and he makes house calls to check on you. My cost was $9,800 plus the cost of the hotel (mine was 2 nights)

I have been extremely pleased with my dr and his staff and the staff at the surgery center. They are professional, friendly & I have no complaints.

[christy250 6]

I had mine done at wise regional in Decatur Texas, had hernia repair and sleeve cost $7200. The hospital paid for me to stay one night at LaQuinta Inn

[jacquelynn.mclean 103]

How do you not stay in the hospital though? I required IV fluids for a couple days and couldn't leave the hospital.

[Lisha73 97]

Sounds to me like these Drs. can do everything you need to at a hotel setting rather than a hospital setting...sounds similar to what the "stars" do when they have surgery.....they stay in hotels rather than the hospital more discrete.

[phantompouch 19]

Hi...you are welcome....I hope that all goes well......should you wish to have a conversation......let me know...? All the best...for good health....

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

How do you not stay in the hospital though? I required IV fluids for a couple days and couldn't leave the hospital.

Hospital stays in the US are prohibitively expensive. A 2 night stay in a hospital (like most Mexico surgeries ) could easily add $5-9K to your bill.

[Ms.AntiBand 2,984]

I would not feel comfortable having major surgery as an out patient.

[HatheryOnHerWay 603]

Someone posted that there is a doctor close to Lafayette, LA that charges $9800.

That would be Dr. Borland in New Iberia, LA. That's who I'm going to.

[SerendipityHappens 1,594]

How do you not stay in the hospital though? I required IV fluids for a couple days and couldn't leave the hospital.

I don't know the answer to this question, but I can tell you that you can have IV fluids outside of a hospital. When I was in Lebanon I contracted Ecoli and the village doctor sent me home with an IV bag to rehydrate me. He gave me an extra bag and showed me how to change it... My uncle in the US needed IV antibiotics and he was hooked up in his home as well..

[TexasMiss 314]

Was 8k the cheapest you found in Mexico? I only paid 4,200.

[OKSleever 144]

My doctor (Broussard, Weight Wise in Oklahoma) has a cash price of $9995.