How long from first consult to surgery date (Self Pay)?

[arrical8 9]

April 10th is my Initial surgeon consult, NUT, and Psych Eval. I am self pay. What on average can I expect?

TIA!

[bikrchk 1,313]

I had all my paperwork, 6 month diet, nut, psych in a pile the day of my consult and approval took less than 2 weeks so insurance wasn't really a large part of my timeline. It depends on your hospital, but it took about 4 weeks to schedule and complete the EGD, pre-anesthesia testing\blood work, etc and get scheduled in the OR. My surgeon also had a "lose 10 before surgery to shrink your liver" rule, so I needed the 4 weeks to get it off.

[SeahawksFan 444]

It took me about 2 months but that was because I also had a business trip that I wanted to wait until was over. I think realistically you could do 1-2 months out. Even though I was self pay I still had ekg, nutritionist, psych eval and blood work to get done. I also had to do a 2 week under 40 grams of carb diet before my surgery to shrink my liver. I didn't think that was bad at all compared to what others have to do. I lost 10 lbs those two weeks.

Good luck-

LA

[LSF 264]

I've seen other self-pay posters where the turnaround time is pretty quick compared to those of us that have insurance. Mine only covered 80%

[KCLatina 16]

I was all self pay and the day of my first consult I got approval and my date set that day. We scheduled it a month out only because it was his first open appointment or I would've went sooner. I also had to have time to get in my throat test and my week of liquid dieting before surgery so it needed to be at least 2 weeks after my first consult.

I was super surprised that I walked out of my first appointment with a surgery date.

I'm 2 months post op now and doing great. 30 pounds down in 8 weeks!

[Joz31 90]

@@arrical8

I was the same way. I am self pay from Missouri as well and my surgery date is 5 weeks from my consult. That was the next soonest surgery date available. Plus it leaves me time to do the EGD (which has to be done two weeks ahead of surgery to check for H. Pylori) and a 7 day pre op liquid diet.

[hsvice 1]

2 weeks. Things move much faster for self pay at least it did for me

[kimmyco 247]

I was self pay. From the date of my consultation to the day of my surgery was 2 weeks and 3 days. Went quickly.