LAP BAND PATIENTS OF DR. WOODMAN

HEY EVERYONE I NEED SOME HELP MY SISTER IN MISS IS TRYING TO FIGURE HER COST FOR LAP BAND SO  SHE CAN USE HER FLEX SPENDING ACCT. THE DR OFFICE AND INS HAS NOT BEEN VERY HELPFUL. SHE HAS AETNA PPO AND WANTS TO FIND OUT THE REASONABLE AND CUSTOMARY CHARGES THE INS PAYS THE DR. FOR A TYPICAL LAP BAND PROCEEDURE IS THERE ANY ONE THAT HAS THIS INS AND THE SAME DR.  AND HAD LAP BAND THAT MIGHT HAVE AN INS STATEMENT OF WHAT THEY PAID THE DR. ETC. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANKS

Sorry no one replied to you... but I was self pay for lapband and went to Dr. King in Oxford, MS and they had it bundled together into a package for around $14,000. I am sure that most doctors in this area would be competitive. If your sister is thinking about Dr. Woodman then she should change her mind and go to Dr. King... have had many friend see Dr. Woodman and say that he has no bedside mannar... Dr. King is total oppisite, as he is kind, patient and caring! I hope this helps

Julie, thank you for your post.  I am going through the process of getting all my information to Dr. Woodman.  I chose him because I am in the medical field and didn't want to use Tupelo or Oxford, since I've worked in both places, because I have a hangup about people I know/worked with seeing me in surgery.  But after seeing that Dr. King/Dr. Byars charge about $4000 and I am self-pay, I decided I could get over my modesty.  So, I am going to Dr. King's next seminar and am considering going with him.   Since Dr. Woodman's office has all of my medical records, psy. assesment, nutritional assesment, lab/gi work, do you think they will give me a hard time about wanting all of that back to hand over to Dr. King?  I mean, I paid for all that stuff out of my own pocket, so it shouldn't be a problem.  I plan to ask them myself but it's Friday night and I don't want to stew about this over the weekend, lol.

Meant to say, Dr. King/Dr. Byars charge $4000 LESS than Dr. Woodman.