Cash pay patients who have had insurance help after being diagnosed with a HIATAL HERNIA

[Polished Pig 20]

It has been recommended to me and I keep hearing this pop up that if my Dr. does a scope prior to surgery and finds a Hiatal Hernia that I may receive some assistance with insurance.

Just curious if this has happened to anyone out there. I have Blue Cross and there is a specific exclusion in my plan for bariatric surgery. I had a surgeon tell me he has seen some patients save up to $4,000 after discovering a hiatal hernia.

TIA

[JenW~79 12]

My insurance has approved hiatal hernia surgery and my out of pocket for the sleeve part of the surgery will be $3500. I also had to have a CT scan because of a spot that was tender on my side during my physical, and I have gall stones, so they will be removing my gall bladder during surgery too!

[Polished Pig 20]

Hey Jen, I ended up getting my surgery cost down to $4900. Still a lot of money but I'm ready to spend that kind of money on taking a healthy step for myself. It took me a long time to get to where I could swallow spending that kind of cash but I'm there now. I had my gal bladder removed back in 2000 so that's one thing I don't have to pay for now. I'm guessing they will remove your gal bladder at the same time as the sleeve?

[JenW~79 12]

Yes, they will repair the hernia, remove my gall bladder and do the sleeve all at the same time. I'm nervous but so excited!!!

[peteyrulz 82]

this would be awesome! Well not as awesome as having BcBs cover everything but pretty darn close. Still working on my appeal