Good new for people who are self-pay.

I talked to Dr. Hansen last Saturday and he said they are trying to get a deal worked out with a surgery clinic in Sandy to do their lap-band surgery there. This will save a self-pay patient about $5,000 of the hospital costs if it works out. This could bring the total of the surgery from $17,500 to $12,500. He wasn't sure when it would be totally worked out with the surgery clinic but felt like it could be in place by the end of August. Whoo, hoo! This will really be a blessing to some people who haven't been able to have the surgery because of the cost. I am going to the pre-op class next week and hope to hear that everything is worked out!