The cost of a Fill

[hammer1 1]

How much does each fill cost you? I'm going for my 4th fill tomorrow and the nurse told me to bring $150.00. I said, it was $100.00, to which she replied, they are now doing each fill with a barium swallow, so it's done using an x-ray!

How much do you guys pay?

Hammer

[raedelicious 0]

I pay $70 and it is with a barium swallow and my insurance doesn't cover it.

[MissMom24 2]

$15.00, not done with x-ray

[Mom2_4 0]

$20 copay with ultrasound.

[aubrie 6]

Mine are $175 but my insurance pays 80%.

[eyevory 0]

Wow, such a range of costs!

I was a self-pay for surgery and have always been self-pay for fills. I am looking for a fill doctor (in Ann Arbor, Michigan area) and the only place I can get a quote from (Dr. Nunn) told me $300 for first one and $150 each additional. OUCH! I hope at that cost he will give me the amount of fill I want and not play the .5-cc-at-a-time game.

[crzytchr 3]

I don't pay for my fills, and neither does my friend who has the same doctor. I think they are covered for a year after the surgery. (16K, insurance paid). For that, I guess it should be covered!

[Cassandra_B 0]

I don't pay anything, and I'll never have to.

I'm Australian so I dont know if that makes a difference. But with the surgery, because I had private health insurance, it cost $3000. Every visit after that will be bulk billed, including fills and just general consultations.

The only time it'll cost, is if I have to have more surgery.

[monakj 0]

I live in southern california and had my surgery feb 08. Had two fills 350 each have only lost 40lbs I need another fill cause I'm eating more and not losing but can't aford to pay another 350. Does anyone know where I can get a cheaper fill I live in san bernardino ca

[flowers 0]

Im paying $200 each, and driving 5 hours round trip to get this price. So far I only got one fill and it was so tiny, waste of time and money. 1.8 cc and Iv got a 10 cc band.

Nothing like feeling like Im throwing money out the window.

[drlukemayes 0]

My website has numerous answers to many lap bandsters questions and also lists all of my fees. Dr. Luke Mayes Wellness & Chiropractic

[HeatherO 7]

I am a self pay patient and I paid an initial $300 transfer fee (banded in Mexico) and every fill is $50 a pop.

[gellergirl 0]

Hi im looking everywhere to see where you are located in reference to your fill info (initial amt paid then reduced amount thereafter) - im in southern cal! many thanks ie where are you getting your fills?

[teamdingdong 0]

I'm in LA and I got banded in Mexico, it was difficult to find a reasonable place to get fills. Most places wanted to charge at least $300 and were too far away. I found this one guy working out of a store front clinic near LAX. He charges 200 and will pretty much put in however much you want. I didn't really like him personally - he told me I'd be "perfect at 120 lbs" which I found offensive - but he said he used to work with Top Surgeons, those people with the billboards all over the city and has done about 1000 surgeries. The clinic is called something like "LAX Urgent Care" and their number is 310-846-9777.

Luckily I was able to get my aftercare done through Kaiser and now all my fills are free. I just have to drive to Ventura but I really like the nurse who does my fills and there's shopping nearby so the 60 mile drive is worth it.

[abbylamb 1]

The first fill was free, and after that it's $100 (with my insurance). It's $150 if you're cash pay. It depends on how Dr's offices bill the insurance too. Mine bills it as an outpatient surgical code (don't even ask me how that's considered surgery, but whatever), so I have to pay an outpatient surgery co-pay, not the $30 I would pay for a regular visit.