Program Fees?

Newton Wellesley has a $550 fee which you can make as many payments as necessary on. They will schedule a date as long as you ar emaking the payments. I think it is a bit unreasonable to have to pay up front when you don't even know if your insurance will cover it.

sheesh, MGH is $995 AND any nut visits preop are not paid by insurance...

Umass was 350.00 and they had a payment program. But it is a v-e-r-y s---l----o---w process at umass. There is a lot of waiting....

Hi Trish I had to pay the program fee of $500 but it was well worth. The staff are great. I scheduled to have my surgery on Monday. Wish you the best of luck

I think that is now the norm. Mine was $400.00 due the day of surgery at NEMC but that was in Nov 04.

I investigated fees also and the norm is about $500 in Boston but I did call Boston Medical Center at Dr Hess's office a and they quoted $160 for the psych eval only because the provider does not accept insurance. I did ask them is there any other fees and they stated NO. I did call 2 seperate times.

I can confirm the $160 only charge with Dr. Hess's program. My HMO Blue covered all pre-testing, surgery/hospital charges and post-op testing without any copays. Bill -60lbs

Hi Trish, I had lap-band done at Brigham and Womens in 8/2004 when I weighed 290lbs. I also had to pay the $500 non-refundable program fee. Tufts health plan covered all the rest of the costs. Today I stepped on the scale and I weighed 187lbs. My waist size has gone from 53 to 36. It was the best $500 I've ever spent.

Hi Steve, Who did your surgery at Brigham and Womens. I am having my surgery done there by Dr. Lautz. Were you happy with their program? Thanks Amy

Hi Amy, Dr. Lautz and his team did my lap-band surgery as well. I'm extremely satisfied with the results and care that I got. The care that I got with their program was just the best. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend their office to anyone looking for weight loss surgery. Steve