For those who self-paid how much was your surgery?

[cathyj123 2]

Congratulations on having your surgery, I hope you're doing well.

Thank you very much! I am and I hope you find somewhere to have yours!

[jacqueline5678 4]

15k in Atlanta. Check my bio for surgeon details.

[atphiladephia 67]

10k in Philadelphia. 7,000 for hospital fees. 1800 for surgeon feee plus miscellaneous fees for anesthesia etc.

[john60605 7]

I second Dr. Mark Pleatman in Bloomfield, Michigan. It was $11,200. I had mine done by him on Dec 29 and I have healed so far ahead of schedule!. He does a lot of procedures per year and the hospital is great. I personally would prefer to be in a US hospital just in case something goes wrong. But yes you can save money by going to Mexico if you need to.

[Phinley 94]

$10,000 on the dot. Got it done in Kuwait though.

[#thebestofme 118]

15k USD in California

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[Booandfrida 37]

Dr Dietrick in Tampa. Paid $14,500 for the sleeve. He has a payment plan for his portion of the fee (about $5k) but I paid all at once. Stayed in the hospital one night. I was able to get my insurance to cover the pre-op bloodwork and the EKG though by visiting my primary care doc and having her order them. She made sure not to say they were for pre-op (we were worried insurance would deny it then). Surgeon was excellent. My surgery got cancelled because of the hurricane but he cancelled his vacation the following week so he could take care of the patients like me who had missed their dates.

I am 5 months out and had to get my post op bloodwork two months ago. Tried to fool insurance again but since the tests were all for Vitamin deficiencies it was pretty obvious it was for post bariatric surgery testing. It was all denied. Ended up costing me $1200. That was a cost the doctor did not prepare me for. Luckily I don't have to get tested again since my levels were all ok.

[FluffyChix 17,415]

1 hour ago, Booandfrida said:

I am 5 months out and had to get my post op bloodwork two months ago. Tried to fool insurance again but since the tests were all for Vitamin deficiencies it was pretty obvious it was for post bariatric surgery testing. It was all denied. Ended up costing me $1200. That was a cost the doctor did not prepare me for. Luckily I don't have to get tested again since my levels were all ok.

I use this lab online called Healthcheck USA where you don't need a doctor's order to get labwork done. You order, pay online, then they send you an order to go have your blood drawn at a local lab. I use Quest Labs here to do the draws. I self pay for my cancer levels cuz my onc doesn't believe in them. I save a WAD of money.

http://www.healthcheckusa.com/nutrition-vitamin-tests/panels.aspx

[desertdivalv 33]

I paid $4,100 for my gastric sleeve surgery in MX.

[atwoah 10]

BariatricPal has their own hospital in Tijuana. I paid 4600 and it was a great experience! I just got sleeved on the 2nd and the care was better than the United States.