Self Pay for gastric

Anyone know any surgeons in Oklahoma or Texas that will perform gastric for around $20,000? Getting a settlement and trying to get surgery with it.

There is a post a little down discussing just this... http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/OK/postdetail/4195.html?vc=0 I woudl start by calling doctors & checking out their websites if applicable

Hi, My surgery was self pay. Total was like, 21500.00, but then all the pre-test was about another 5000.00 which by some blessing my insurance did cover.. go figure.

Hi, I ended up going to mexico and having mine done I've had no complecations at all. If you would like anymore information let me know and I will tell you everything, I had mine the 6th of dec. 2005 and have lost 142 lbs. Rhonda

I forgot to write that the cost of the surgery was about 11,000 for the surgen the hospital, the room and plane trip. Rhonda

Dr. Mark Gibbs, Little Rock Ark.

Dr. Keith is in Norman. I hear he is one of the best. Not sure of the bypass price, but his lapband is 17,000 or so. Maybe less, if you are willing to go to a surgery center instead of Norman hospital.

My wife had the lap band on 3/23/06, after spending a lot of time researching and going to Doctor Keith's meetings. Her insurance had a $15,000 lifetime limit for obesity surgery. After asking a lot of questions at the meetings and several calls to Dr. Keith's office and Norman Regional Hospital, she was led to believe that we would be out-of-pocket somewhere around $2,000 (the magic $17,000 number). When all was said and done the total of Dr. Keith's bill and the hospital bill was about $32,000! This doesn't include the extra $1,500 or so for pre-surgery testing. Needless to say, we are not happy campers. My wife questioned Dr. Keith about this and he acted as if he could care less. His office filed their claim extremely fast and was paid 100%. We now owe the hospital because their claim was limited by the lifetime allowable. Dr. Keith's surgical skills are probably top notch, but the business side of his organization leaves something to be desired.

Call WeightWise at 866-948-9473 located in Edmond Oklahoma. Dr. Walton and Dr. Broussard are the surgeons

Dr. Gornichec has just started a new program at Baptist Medical Center. The cost for a lap bypass is about $24,900 and a lap band is $15,900. Have you considered the lap band? Dr. Gornichec's next seminar is at Pacer Fitness Center at Baptist, 5520 N Independence, on Tuesday, August 8th, 5:30-8:00. I encourage you to go and investigate both procedures.