Anyone self pay???

Kaydensmomma10
on 2/9/15 8:40 pm - Columbus, OH

 So I found out yesterday I may be loosing my insurance. Of course I'm only about a month away from my expected surgery date :'(. Has anyone self paid and if so what was your cost? Did you finance it? If so how? 

    
Grim_Traveller
on 2/9/15 8:55 pm
RNY on 08/21/12

By law, they have to give you the option of continuing your insurance if you get cut off. Paying a month's insurance out of pocket has to be cheaper than self pay.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

Kaydensmomma10
on 2/9/15 9:10 pm - Columbus, OH

I have molina which is a form of medicaid, I don't think that applies does it?

    
ericdbuck
on 2/10/15 12:17 am
VSG on 11/16/09 with

Hi...I am sorry about losing insurance.  I  went to Dr. Pompa in Mexico and paid 12,500 and financed a large portion through mymedical.  She was absolutely great!!! If you have and questions you can email me at [email protected]

Kaydensmomma10
on 2/10/15 4:35 am - Columbus, OH

 Hey Eric!! How hard was it to get the financing through my medical? 

    
tstowe
on 2/10/15 1:15 am

Yes. My wife and I both had to pay out-of-pocket. We went to the Mexicali Bariatric Center in Mexico. VERY good setup.

We paid $17,500 for the both of us... not counting airfare to get there which was about $500 each for round-trip, Atlanta to San Diego.

We put it on a credit card with a low interest rate for a year. Next year we'll transfer it to another card with a low one-year rate. We should have it paid off by the start of the third year.

    

    

            
Kaydensmomma10
on 2/10/15 4:33 am - Columbus, OH

That's great your wife and yourself did it together and for a low cost! Who was your surgeon? I call them and they said 11k for RNY

    
tstowe
on 2/10/15 8:45 am
On February 10, 2015 at 12:33 PM Pacific Time, Kaydensmomma10 wrote:

That's great your wife and yourself did it together and for a low cost! Who was your surgeon? I call them and they said 11k for RNY

 We had Rodolfo Wilhelmy.

    

    

            
Angie2015
on 2/10/15 4:26 am

I'm self pay. I am in Mexico right now having vsg in a few hours with doctor Ismael Cabrera. It cost me 4250.00us plus $500.00 for airfare. So far so good. :) I would never be able to afford the 20,000.00 it would have cost in Canada. My girlfriend used the same doctor before so I had a good supporter. I came alone to save money on flights and so my husband could also stay with our kids :). Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I can give a better final review tomorrow.

    

Kaydensmomma10
on 2/10/15 4:32 am - Columbus, OH

 Good luck Angie! That's a great price!! I'm interested in RNY, do you know their prices? Touch back and let me know how it went :)

    
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