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Came home to find a bill for my copay. They said I have to pay it before the surgery or it'll be cancelled.

Guess I'll write it this $98 check. I can handle that.

I don't think I have to pay anything else but I'll call and make sure.

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That's not bad at all.. You must have awesome insursance coverage, huh?

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Came home to find a bill for my copay. They said I have to pay it before the surgery or it'll be cancelled.

Guess I'll write it this 98 check. I can handle that.

I don't think I have to pay anything else but I'll call and make sure.

I was responsible for 10 percent on my insurance which turned into about 1800 but I'm able to make payments for most of it. I paid 500 up front

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I had to gladly pay about 1500 before they would set my date...I would do it again in a heart beat!

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Just spoke with insurance today and I have to pay $5000 bariatric co-pay in addition to annual deductible. Plus $150/day hospital stay and 20% of procedure cost, if any, after that. Also, $50 per doctor visit and $150/procedure for outpatient services (endoscopy, etc). "But don't worry, there are rarely any additional fees!" Totally crazy!

Sarah

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Just spoke with insurance today and I have to pay 5000 bariatric co-pay in addition to annual deductible. Plus 150/day hospital stay and 20% of procedure cost' date=' if any, after that. Also, 50 per doctor visit and 150/procedure for outpatient services (endoscopy, etc). "But don't worry, there are rarely any additional fees!" Totally crazy!

Sarah[/quote']

What is your max out of pocket for the year?

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What is your max out of pocket for the year?

I'm not sure we have one. On most procedures and visits we have a deductible max, but there is a 80/20 stipulation to everything I've looked up.

Sarah

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My insurance paid 90% and my 10% came out to about $3500 after a negotiated price from $40,000 to $35,000. That 40 grand was a lot higher than I expected but I love my surgeon and the hospital so I wouldn't change a thing.

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Holy CRAP. I wasn't expecting to hear how much more some had to pay. That's crazy. I apologize, I didn't mean to boast.

But at least we have insurance to cover a great portion of this.

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Holy CRAP. I wasn't expecting to hear how much more some had to pay. That's crazy. I apologize' date=' I didn't mean to boast.

But at least we have insurance to cover a great portion of this.[/quote']

No apologies necessary!! I'm really glad to have coverage at all. When I looked into WLS a couple of years ago I was going to have to self pay the total!

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Holy CRAP. I wasn't expecting to hear how much more some had to pay. That's crazy. I apologize' date=' I didn't mean to boast.

But at least we have insurance to cover a great portion of this.[/quote']

I hear ya! My insurance covered 100%!! And I had a VIP room ;)

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I wanna VIP room too. Lol

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I hear ya! My insurance covered 100%!! And I had a VIP room <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

Now that's just rubbing it in!! Lol

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Surgery scheduled for June. Insurance won't cover any bariatrc surgery, I saved over $20,000 to get healthier. I pray this helps put me in the right direction.

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That's not bad at all. I paid my copay & a month after surgery it was refunded cause the insurance paid more than the "agreed" insurance amount. That's right, my surgery was "FREE"!!

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