Question:
Anyone with Aetna PPO have surgery done at Bariatric Treatment Center in PA

I have an appointment to me with Dr. Marymor on June 25.What all go on at the first vist? How long did it take?Did you have to pay 85.00 for the first vist? Did you have to pay any other out of the pocket fees?    — Natasha B. (posted on June 20, 2003)

June 20, 2003
I am a patient of the BTC center of Pennsylvania. Your first visit you will be expected to pay the 85.00. You will meet with the doctor, the nutritionist, and a counselor who also went through the surgery. The two ladies they have there are wonderful. They will all answer your questions, ask you why you want to have this surgery, talk about your insurance a little, and at the end you and your doctor will come to the conclusion whether you want to do this. Now, as for insurance, this particular hospital is considered to be new (they have only been doing surgeries for ten months) so my insurance for example would only pay as out of network. I made the decision to go there, and had wonderful care. I had my surgery on December 2, 2002 ( I am down 115 lbs in six months)and there were only three patients in the whole hospital, so we had very personalized care (so this made for an even better experience). If you have anymore questions please feel free to e-mail me at [email protected]
   — Kelly P.