SELF PAY

HI IM GONNA HAVE TO SELF PAY FOR MY LAPBAND. DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHAT THEIR FINAL COSTS WERE OR WHERE IT IS AFFORDABLE TO GET DONE OTHER THAN MEXICO. I WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN OREGON ,WA,ID IF POSSIABLE.THANKS FOR YOUR HELP HOLLY

I do believe Dr. Mirande in Klamath Falls runs around $20,000 complete for the surgery and the additional costs (hospital, anesthesiologist, etc). Not sure about any others. Dina

I had my surgery done at Good Sam in Portland. I paid around $13,000 for the Hospital, 1400 for the anesth., 6000.00 to the doc. Totalling out around $21,000. Not necessarily cheap but inexpensive compared to the health problems I was looking forward too. Hope this helps........Sue

I've heard about a Dr. in Coos Bay who performs the surgery on an outpatient basis for about $12,000. (Dr. Tsergini, or something similar???) I'm not trying to pimp my doctor or anything, but for what it is worth-----I am going to Mexico and will be banded for under $9000. After doing a lot of research, I know my doctor has performed many more procedures than most of the docs in Oregon. For me, it was only partially about money. I was primarily concerned with finding an experienced surgeon. Marcie TBB 5/14/04 Dr. Ortiz 272/155

Holly, One thing to keep in mind about self-paying for Lap Band (which I researched for myself early in my WLS pursuit) is the cost of band adjustments post-operatively. It is important to know ahead of time who you will contract with to do those adjustments and after care, and what they charge for those services. I have a good friend who was self-pay Lap Band who pays about $400 for each adjustment, office visit costs are on top of this. Just make sure you get ALL of the costs factored into the whole thing. Blessings, dina (*****alized one day that being self-pay really means being a wise consumer, too!) BPD/DS July 2, 2002 Dr. Aniceto Baltasar in Alcoy, Spain SW: 365 lbs, BMI 64 CW: 160 lbs, BMI 25.8 GW: 130 lbs, BMI 23 Read my story at: http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Dina/dina.html See my photos in the Photo Gallery at http://www.bodybybaltasar.com/