Dr. Keshishian - Self-Pay VSG-to-DS Revision

Anyone have Dr. K?  What was your experience?  Did the $14,000 that I quoted actually pay for everything? 

I'm not his patient but those that are sing his praises like crazy. Very highly respected DS surgeon and he takes on very difficult revisions as well.

--gina

I don't know,but 14,000 sounds like just his fee. You could call his office and make sure. 

Gl

I agree that the 14K sounds like his surgical fee only.  I haven't heard a quote that low in the US.

That sounds very low for Dr. K.  Don't know if it is the same for revisions but his program fee for virgin DSers is $4,000, I have been told.

I had Dr. K.  And I got a great rate because he was trying to get a hospital program in LA certified.  So 14K can cover the surgery under certain cir****tances.  Double check what that quote covers - if the surgery will be in Delano, than that quote can't be the total bill.

I love Dr K.  The hospital in LA sucked, but the surgery went well.  He is very well respected, and I think he has done more DS surgeries than Rabkin in SF.  He is one of the leading surgeons for this surgery.

If you got a quote of 14K for surgery and hospital because he is trying to get a 3rd hospital/program certified - jump on it.  It's the same price as going to Mexico.

Yes, this is in Delano.  This is what his office told me.

"The cash price for an open revision of an SG to DS is $14,000.00 and the price for a laparoscopic revision of an SG to DS is $15,000.00. The hospital portion for both is $7650.00. Our office portion is $6350.00 for open and $7350.00 for laparoscopic. As I mentioned in our previous conversation, the total cost for both procedures include a 2-year follow-up, nutritional evaluation, program fee of $4000.00, surgeon, assistant surgeon, and hospital/facility fees: anesthesia, radiology, and pathology."

That's good info.  Still, 30K for the operation isn't bad.  I have heard others who had insurance pay for it and it was over 100K.

Delano is kinda out in the middle of no where, but it is a nice facility.  I would have preferred to have my operation there rather than the LA hospital.

And he is good at the DS.   And he seemed to want to go shorter on the common channel, whereas many surgeons want to go longer. 

It's actually at UCS Vertugo Hills, not Delano -- apparently, he's not operating out of that hospital any longer.  Also the $14-15,000 price quoted is only for the switch part, NOT the sleeve portion.  Did you have a revision?  Did you need to have your sleeve resized?

Dr K did my DS.  I was a virgin WLS patient.  He did the whole thing.

Amazing that they would quote sections of the DS surgery... and not the whole DS.  Are you a revision from a sleeve?