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Since my insurance won't cover being banded, I was wondering how it worked with self-pay.

Will I have to do 6 months dr. supervised diet, pscyh eval, etc.? How fast is the process between consultation and actualy surgery when you are self pay?

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I think that if your surgeon doesnt have a waiting list you can get an surgery date pretty quickly. For example, I am self pay because my insurance doesn't cover obesity related surgery. I had my first appt Mon April 6 and was approved for financing. My surgery date is April 24. Pretty darned quick! It stinks that I have to pay out of pocket but at least with self pay you dont have to jump through all of the insurance hoops. Best of luck to you!

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I was self-pay and was banded two weeks after I made the call to Cincy Weight Loss. I met with the doc, had a short psych eval, and did all my financing on the same day. No muss no fuss.

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I was self pay too. Quick and easy!!! I had my consultation on August 13th and my surgery was scheduled for September 12th. I didn't have to have a phych eval or a supervised diet. Just had to have some lab work done and an EKG. Good luck to you!! Becky

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I did a self-pay.

Did have to have the psych eval., but no supervised diet. Just a bundle of money!

Went to my first informational seminar at the end of July and was banded in early October. Could have had it done in mid-September, but ended up catching a cold and getting laryngitis.

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I'm a self-pay and had consult on 04/01/09 and surgery is scheduled for 04/14/09. No psych eval or supervised diet... just the usual pre-op testing that's done before any surgery. Good luck.

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It is much quicker with self pay. I had my first consultation on March 25th and have my surgery scheduled for May 5th. I met with a physician who told me that I had to have a nutritional consult, a stress test, a sleep study and clearance from my psychiatrist. I could have scheduled it sooner but the sleep study is holding it up. They can't get me in until April 20th. My insurance is paying for all of the pre-surgery testing, they just will not pay for the surgery :blink: Good luck! I am very excited!

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