Gastric Bypass SELF PAY COST??

I heard that having this surgery in the south costs a little less than up here in Seattle up here they want 29,500.00 to do the surgery. And in mexico they quoted me 14,500 does anyone know what it costs in Arkansas to have the gastric bypass done cash pay?? Thanks Cindy

Hi Cindy, Here's what I posted several weeks ago for someone else. I'm not sure what the other Dr's charge, but I think that it's comparable. I'm doing self-pay with Dr Gibbs. You would first have to attend a seminar. I attended one on Sept. 30. After the the seminar, it took a little over a week to get my surgery date. My surgery date is December 3rd. If you live far away (like you do), then you can have all of your pre-op stuff done the day before surgery. That would also include your one-on-one with Dr. Gibbs and talking to a nutritionist. Since I live 3 hours away from Little Rock, My pre-op stuff is Dec 2nd. There are two hospitals that he preforms surgerys at. St. Vincents and Baptist. The lap procedure can not be done at St Vincents. I'm having mine done open at Baptist. There's about a $5,000 difference between Lap and Open. The price for Baptist has gone up some. Here's what the breakdown between the two are. ------------------- Open------------------------- Lap Sugeon Fee: ------$4000-------------------------$6700 Baptist Hospital:---$10,000-----------------------$13,000 (That's for 6 days, after that it's $1525 a day) AHG Anesth.:------$1150--------------------------$1150 (additional $500 for post-up epidural) Path labs:--------- Will range from $100-$200 and will be billed to you. Initial office visit:---$133-$221 I haven't talked with Dr. Gibbs personally yet. But he gave a really good seminar. I didn't really learn anything new because I have researched this a lot. But the seminar did convince my sister who was with me that this surgery might not be as bad as the general public seems to think it is. I hope this helps. Melissa

If you don't mind me asking, how are you going to pay for it? I mean with a loan or do they have a monthly plan? I have been trying to get someone to cover wls for almosr a year. I have thought about seld pay, but I cannot get a loan approval. My family will not co_sign because they are afraid that something will happen to me and they enabled me to have the wls therefore making them responsible.

HI there, I did self pay at St. Vincent's Bariatric clinic with Dr. Luttrell and for the whole surgery and hospital it was around 14,000.00. I hope this helps. Angie