Looking for surgeon Seattle area

[Guest guest]

I was just informed by my ortho that I will indeed need orthognathic

surgery 10-12 after getting braces. I was referred to Dr. Kimble but

hear he's expensive. Another thought was doing it at UW. Any other

referrals? Kimble is expected to charge up to 15k for both upper and

lower, where as UW might be as low as 8k for both. Any thoughts on

this? My insurance carrier is prob not going to cover.

Thanks in advance,

Dusty

[Guest guest]

Dusty,

I am in Seattle and just had my surgery on March 2nd. My surgeon was

Dr. Hohl. I had both upper & lower and paid out of pocket.

Grand total was just under 10k.

I'd be happy to answer any questions you have.

Good luck!

Britt

> I was just informed by my ortho that I will indeed need

orthognathic

> surgery 10-12 after getting braces. I was referred to Dr. Kimble

but

> hear he's expensive. Another thought was doing it at UW. Any other

> referrals? Kimble is expected to charge up to 15k for both upper

and

> lower, where as UW might be as low as 8k for both. Any thoughts on

> this? My insurance carrier is prob not going to cover.

> Thanks in advance,

> Dusty

[Guest guest]

Hi! I had Dr. Dale Bloomquist at Swedish, and he's had years of

experience. I had the whole 9 yards done, upper, lower, genio and

wisdom teeth, and it was about $7.5k for just the surgeon. With

hospital fees and anesthesiologist, it came to about $10k. I really

liked my surgeon and thought he did a great job - I wasn't wired at

all and was only banded tightly for the first 24 hours. I wasn't

quite as happy with the Swedish night care though. As long as you

have someone there who can talk to the nurse it's not too bad.

Lydia

> I was just informed by my ortho that I will indeed need

orthognathic

> surgery 10-12 after getting braces. I was referred to Dr. Kimble

but

> hear he's expensive. Another thought was doing it at UW. Any other

> referrals? Kimble is expected to charge up to 15k for both upper

and

> lower, where as UW might be as low as 8k for both. Any thoughts on

> this? My insurance carrier is prob not going to cover.

> Thanks in advance,

> Dusty