The bills are starting to come in

Ken Currin
on 12/20/08 12:30 pm - South Hill, VA

I forgot to meniton that I am starting to get my medical bills. St. Mary's was $56k, surgeon around $6500, others around another $5000, so close to $67,000. I plan to post actual numbers here on the site once I get around to it.

~~Theresa Marie~~
on 12/20/08 12:43 pm - Closing in on SkinnyVille, VA

RNY on 04/30/08

WOW!!! that is astronomical! I remember weeks and months after my surgery, I was afraid to check the mail. Because my insurance doesn't do pre-authorizations before surgery, I had no way of knowing if it would be something that they covered. About 2 months after my surgery, I received a phone call from Commonwealth Surgeon's business office. It was an automated call just telling me to contact them. It unfortunately was after hours so until 830 the next morning, I was so nervous. Thank god it was just an automatic generated call and not one demanding payment.

I knew the cost of my surgery would be slightly more than normal since my surgery took a few hours more than usual and I did spend 3 days in ICU but was SO VERY RELIEVED to receive only 1 bill and that was for $4.

My heart goes out to those that are self pay but I am sure, well most sure, that in the end, it will definitely be well worth it.

Theresa Marie
Lap RNY - April 30, 2008
Open heart surgery (mitral valve repair & MAZE) - April 13, 2009
356/297.5/152.5/170/150 - consult/surgery morn/now/dr goal/my goal
Skinnyville is NO longer miles away... It's a mere walk to the corner!!
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Tam
on 12/20/08 6:43 pm - Richmond, VA

RNY on 04/25/05

WOW! I know it is a lot. I only had to pay three co-pay's ($20.00 each), one to my surgeons office, one to the cardio doc and one to the cardio office that did my venus dopplar study. I will be praying for you. I do think it will be worth it. I remember getting my EOB's and thinking I could have NEVER done it without insurance...mine was over 200,000 and then I was readmitted twice for 5 days each time and each of those was over 75,000. Knowing my results now I would have done self pay just to get here...no matter what I had to do. You are in my prayers and I am anxious to see the "final" numbers!

Tammy C

down 260+ pounds and loving life more than ever!!!
proud mom to Kara 12-08-1994 and our newest addition Claire Makenna born 03-26-09 weighing 6 lbs 13 ounces and 19.25 inches long and very healthy. happily dating...i honestly never knew it could be this good! there is that special Guy for everyone out there...either you already have him or you will find him when He is ready for it!

open RNY 04-25-2005

Life could not get any better than this!

caroline2622
on 12/20/08 8:30 pm - Woodbridge , VA

VSG on 09/30/08 with

WOW ! Even more modivation to eat and drinks the right foods. Good Luck

lost 140 lbs

Extended TT 12/072009 Plastic Surgeon Mitchell Krieger

Penny Denny
on 12/20/08 8:36 pm - Collinsville, VA

RNY on 04/28/08

Whoa!!! Since we are business owners, I was able to add weight loss to my insurance plan. That was $129/month for a year, plus we had a $2000 out of pocket.

283/274/162
highest/surgery/current

Tam
on 12/21/08 8:50 am - Richmond, VA

RNY on 04/25/05

Be careful if you drop the WLS rider. If your new insurance (or the plan with the dropped rider) does not carry WLS and you have ANY problem that can be atributed to WLS...it most likely will be denied as a complication. You may need to keep the rider forever...but still an expense I would pay!

Tammy C

down 260+ pounds and loving life more than ever!!!
proud mom to Kara 12-08-1994 and our newest addition Claire Makenna born 03-26-09 weighing 6 lbs 13 ounces and 19.25 inches long and very healthy. happily dating...i honestly never knew it could be this good! there is that special Guy for everyone out there...either you already have him or you will find him when He is ready for it!

open RNY 04-25-2005

Life could not get any better than this!

Penny Denny
on 12/21/08 9:15 pm - Collinsville, VA

RNY on 04/28/08

Now I'm scared Tammy. Since I started at the bank I have their insurance and dropped the other. Are you saying that if I have to have gallbladder out it won't be covered under my new insurance. Please let me know.

283/274/162
highest/surgery/current

Tam
on 12/22/08 7:10 am - Richmond, VA

RNY on 04/25/05

It is possible...anything that COULD be WLS related may be excluded from your coverage...not trying to scare you but it is the truth.

Tammy C

down 260+ pounds and loving life more than ever!!!
proud mom to Kara 12-08-1994 and our newest addition Claire Makenna born 03-26-09 weighing 6 lbs 13 ounces and 19.25 inches long and very healthy. happily dating...i honestly never knew it could be this good! there is that special Guy for everyone out there...either you already have him or you will find him when He is ready for it!

open RNY 04-25-2005

Life could not get any better than this!

Cindy S.
on 12/21/08 8:05 am - Charlottesville, VA

RNY on 06/26/01

Oh, the fun part about having surgery....lol.
Cindy

melanie M.
on 12/21/08 8:36 am - Hopewell, VA

Revision on 12/16/09

I went into this process with insurance covering it as long as I met the requirements (which I did) and came out of it with a bill for $92K that I owe. My dr. office didnn't wait for pre-authorization for surgery as they said the insurance company had no reason to deny me( i didnt know this) and 3 hrs into my surgery the insurance company called dr. office and denied my surgery. So now I was slapped with a bill I cant pay. And you wanna know why my insurance company denied me? I did my 6month supervised diet but they said 6 months equals 180days(didnt say that on benefits papers of requirements) I did 166days!!!

Melanie
309/160/154 surgery/goal/current
Celebrities walk on the Red Carpet cause they are Famous.. I walk on Toilet Paper cause I'm the SHIT!!!

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