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If my 2nd appeal doesn't get approved I will be a self-pay. My insurance will not cover any complications. Has anyone purchased supplemental insurance that WOULD cover complications?    — Nancy B. (posted on March 4, 2003)

March 4, 2003
I don't have an answer but you are wise to think this way. One of the ladies from our support group was a self-pay and you would have assumed she would have zero problems as she had no co-morbs and only a 40 BMI and 32 yrs old, healthy etc. Her surgery went fine except she ended up back in the hospital 3 days after she was released and had a bleed that they had to go in and fix and spent another 4 days in the hospital. I don't know if her insurance will cover or not as it certainly was life threatening but it was a direct result of the WLS. If she has to pay then her cost is probably twice the original $29,000.
   — zoedogcbr

March 4, 2003
I WAS A SELF PAY IN ST PETERSBURG FLORIDA AND IT COST ME AN 13,000 FOR AN OPEN RNY WITH 2 DAYS IN ICU AS A PRECAUTION.
   — janice S.