Lawyers and Surgeons: Do I really have to wait until my bankruptcy is discharged??

In February of this year I was APPROVED for surgery by my Insurance company... at the same time, I was filing for bankruptcy. Well, I HAD to tell my lawyer every bill that I owed money on, which included a bill for the center for the first visit, which included labs and the pysch. and all that. So, he HAD to add the center to the bankruptcy papers for that one bill. Well, the surgery center found out they were on there for the bill and said that they cannot and will not do surgery on me until my bankruptcy is discharged because they claim they will not get paid while the bankruptcy is not discharged. Does anyone know if this is true??? I have since then PAID out of pocket for that first bill, instead of letting it be waived by the bankruptcy. And they STILL claim I have to wait. Can anyone give me any info on this? Should I keep on waiting or should I try to find a new surgeon and start over?? I am an insured that is covered for this surgery and approved and yet I'm still waiting.... can anyone help?

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