Guest guest Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Hey everyone, I received word from my insurance company (Unicrap) and they are defenitely NOT going to pay. This is an exclusion. Blah, blah, blah. I have decided that I will be a self pay patient. In my opinion this is a small investment. My surgery date is June 7, 2004. I quit smoking, Sunday night, April 4th. I still had 3 unopened packs. I just said this is it. So I feel like I am moving forward to a healthier lifestyle. Vickie 5'01 " BMI 41 pre-op 215 6-7-04 Heavenly Scents Candle Company Vickie 523 Dickson Circle Sherman, Texas 75090 website: www.heavenlyscentstx.us e-mail: rasmith@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 good for you! i just have one question: did they inform you of the cost of this surgery? i just got a copy of my hospital bill - just the hospital stay (i have not gotten the bill from the surgeons yet)... $79,000.69!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! granted, i was not the 'norm'... i had an open proceedure that also was a revision of 2 prior stomach stapling surgeries. my hospital stay was 8 days and included one day in the ICU (the ICU cost for one day was $10,150.00). my incision became infected and " exploded " so i have had a visiting nurse come to my home every day for the last 3 weeks to irrigate the wound... i have no idea what the cost of that will be. i am not freaking out because my surgery is completely covered by my insurance (thank God!) - i would NEVER EVER EVER have been able to have this surgery if it wasn't covered! i am estimating a final cost of well over $125,000.00 when all the bills are in and the dust settles. whew! the good news is that if you have your surgery done laproscopically, it's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY less money. i wish you luck (and a winning lottery ticket too) deb 3/5/04 357/316/150 > Hey everyone, > I received word from my insurance company (Unicrap) and they are defenitely > NOT going to pay. This is an exclusion. Blah, blah, blah. I have decided > that I will be a self pay patient. In my opinion this is a small > investment. My surgery date is June 7, 2004. I quit smoking, Sunday night, > April 4th. I still had 3 unopened packs. I just said this is it. So I > feel like I am moving forward to a healthier lifestyle. > Vickie > 5'01 " BMI 41 pre-op 215 > 6-7-04 > > > Heavenly Scents Candle Company > Vickie > 523 Dickson Circle > Sherman, Texas 75090 > > website: www.heavenlyscentstx.us > e-mail: rasmith@t... > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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