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Do not go to him. He has done less than 100 lapbands. We are here in Waco to and went to Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, to DR. KUHN. There are many issues with Simms. First he is out of network for all insurances which means he will balance bill you , my surgery would have cost me lie 10000 out of pocket before he would even do my surgery. just check him out really good. FOr us he wasn't someone we wanted touching us because of his lack of experience.

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Dr. Sims has done over 100 band placements now. I was somewhere around 100. He is a very knowledgeable surgeon, with over 30 years experience. I have had no problems with him at all.

Yes... he is out of network with all insurances, but his fee is not $10,000. I pre-paid him $3,500 and will get 80% of that back real soon. As soon as my insurance cuts me a check.

If your from the Waco area, don't hesitate to go see him. The man knows what he is doing.

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I had mine done May 29 by Dr Simms. all went very well. I have lost 74 so far. He did take my insurance. My surgery cost me 150.00 out of my pocket, insurance took care of the rest.

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I had mine done May 29 by Dr Simms. all went very well. I have lost 74 so far. He did take my insurance. My surgery cost me 150.00 out of my pocket, insurance took care of the rest.

What insurance do you have? I went through Cigna.

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When I started the process we had BCBS but could not get them to pre-approve the surgery. We are fortunate enough to have choices, we changed to First Care. They were great, they approved it right away and they paid allmost all of the cost. I am not a fan of HMO's and have in the past avoided them but, I changed to this just because I knew they would cover it, now I will stay with it because they have been so much easier to deal with.

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I had my Band done by Dr.Sims last April and I've lost 140pounds and have had no complications. He is an amazing surgeon, I highly reccomend him.

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