Question:
Looking for reasonable cash pay surgeon
Please help. I am looking for a resonably priced good surgeon for a Lap RNY. I have searched the surgeon database and looked up web information if it was available. Most programs do not list price on the web, and every one that I have called have been in the 30K range. I live in Northern CA, but at this point will consider any reccomendations by my wonderful peers here at AMOS. Thanks for your help! — Wendy G. (posted on December 23, 2002)
December 23, 2002
Wendy
I am in Maryland and the surgeon here just commented the other day how much
cheaper it is to have the surgery here in this area as opposed to many
other areas. I have a dear friend who is a self pay and he says it isnt so
bad. Dr Michael Sofronski at Delmarva Bariatric. www.delmarvabariatric.com
Good Luck
— Shelly T.
December 23, 2002
Drs. Georgen and Wasco in Neenah WI charge $26,000 for open RNY and $29,000
for LAP RNY for self-pay patients. They require payment up front
though.<p>Someone posted the other day that in Washington state you
could get the whole procedure for around $15,000. Actually I think I got
that off another WLS website. I'll see if I can find more info. There is
also Dr. Baltasar in Spain. I guess he is also around $12-15,000.
— zoedogcbr
December 23, 2002
Just to clarify the last post...Dr. Baltasar in Spain charges $11,500 for
the open procedure and $16,500 for the Lap procedure. Dr. B doesnt do the
RNY though, he ONLY does the Duodenal Switch. The cost covers the hospital
and his fees...no hidden/extra charges unless there is a complication, and
then would only have to pay for the extra hospital time. His surgery
includes the DS, gallbladder removal and appendix removal. If interested
you can check him out at www.drbaltasar.com.
— ImANewDee
December 23, 2002
I was a self pay and I went to Little Rock Arkansas two and half weeks ago.
My surgeon's name is Dr Rex Luttrell. For my open rny total with hospital
and everything was $12,100.00. That includes up to a seven day stay in the
hospital ICU or not. The price for lap rny was a little over $17,500. for
everything. I hope this helps.
— Monette L.
December 23, 2002
There is also Dr Pedro Kuri in Tijuana, Mexico which is just a hop, skip
and a jump away from San Diego. He does the lap band for $8,500 for
everything. I spoke with him back in April, about it and he seemed for
confident in the lap band, and I heard he is very skilled. I didn't end up
going there, nor getting the lap band, but it definatley was an idea, that
I had along in my journey. Both his number and my surgeon, Dr Rex Luttrell
are under find a doc at the top of the page.
— Monette L.
December 23, 2002
First off, my Dr dosen't do the Lap RNY, just the Open. However the entire
cost of the procedure is $13,031.00. His name is Dr. David Simonowitz in
Bellevue, WA. He works out of Overlake Hospital's Surgical Specialist's.
The telephone number is 425-688-1916. Good luck & feel free to email me
if you have any questions.
— LionGirl2k
December 23, 2002
Wendy,
Well you would still have to travel, but I would highly recommend my
surgeon Dr. Thomas Brown in Denver Colorado. He was a little less than
$6000 for me, but I still had hospital charges.. though my insurnace
covered 50% so I only owe 3000 for that and they are willingly accepting
small payments. Check out Dr. Browns web site at
http://www.surgeryquest.com adn also my profile to learn more. He and his
team are just awesome! And it is not a forever wait either!
— Tami D.
December 23, 2002
I went to a meeting that a doctor gave at a Birmingham Alabama hospital,
someone asked him about paying cash and he said that it would be $25,000
for EVERYTHING. They do LAP as well as OPEN. If you want any info on this
Doctor please contact me.
— Grady E.
December 25, 2002
Last I knew, my doc charged around $5,500.00 for his fees, Anest. charges
were around 1450.00, docs asst. charges were around 800.00 and heard the
hospital would give like a 10% disc. if you were paying cash. Of course
all this depends on if you need to go to ICU or anything else. If your
interested email me. [email protected]
— Angie L.
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