Re: Taking a Poll...were you braces covered by your dental insurance?

[Guest guest]

Hi Sam,

My dental insurance is Metlife and it covered $1500 toward my braces -

life time max. My full cost is around $4500.

Amy

> Please answer yes or know. I am also curious to know if they were

100%

> covered or only partially.

>

> Thanks!

> Sam

[Guest guest]

Hi Sam,

My dental insurance is Metlife and it covered $1500 toward my braces -

life time max. My full cost is around $4500.

Amy

> Please answer yes or know. I am also curious to know if they were

100%

> covered or only partially.

>

> Thanks!

> Sam

[Guest guest]

Sam,

My insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, does not cover any

part of adult orthodontics. The full cost, $5500, was out-of-pocket

for me.

They do cover my surgery however, and I have a great plan with them so

I only have to pay 10% with a $1000 max out-of-pocket, so I'm very

thankful for that!

~

[Guest guest]

NO! My braces were not covered by my insurance(neither medical nor

dental).

Katja

> Please answer yes or know. I am also curious to know if they were

100%

> covered or only partially.

>

> Thanks!

> Sam

[Guest guest]

Partial Coverage: $150 / Month Orthodantics to a Max of $1500.

Drop in the bucket for a 7500 dollar treatment plan.

Kev

katja750 <no_reply > wrote:

NO! My braces were not covered by my insurance(neither medical nor

dental).

Katja

> Please answer yes or know. I am also curious to know if they were

100%

> covered or only partially.

>

> Thanks!

> Sam

[Guest guest]

i think my insurance covered like $150 a year or something completely

unhelpful like that

> > Please answer yes or know. I am also curious to know if they were

> 100%

> > covered or only partially.

> >

> > Thanks!

> > Sam

[Guest guest]

> > Please answer yes or know. I am also curious to know if they

were

> 100%

> > covered or only partially.

> >

> > Thanks!

> > Sam

> >Mine was not covered at all but BCBS paid 100% of my surgery. Only

100.00 out of pocket. Tonya

[Guest guest]

Sam - My insurance pays for $1K - Lifetime Maximum. My insurance is

thru work - insurance company is Blue Cross of Idaho. And, just to add

another bit of info to all this: my surgery is an excluded benefit, so

I will be having my surgery at a " short-term " hospital that my OMS has

privileges at (he does the vast majority of his surgeries there and he

is also a Cosmetic Surgeon). My employer/hospital is the largest

Hospital system in the state of Idaho but they won't cut me a price

break for the surgery so I'm going elsewhere. The short-term hospital

will be charging me a quarter of the price my hospital charges. So much

for rewarding me for my twenty-five years of hard work and dedication.

(I'm a bit pissed - can't you tell?) Hope my answer helps. ~~ Diane---

In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " sammyara1977 "

<sammyara1977@y...> wrote:

> Please answer yes or know. I am also curious to know if they were

100%

> covered or only partially.

>

> Thanks!

> Sam

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My story is almost exactly like yours! Including nearly the same

amount for the orthodontic braces, and maximum of $1000 out of pocket

for the surgery. We must have a similar plan. Good thread!

Hugs,

Fran

> Sam,

>

> My insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, does not cover any

> part of adult orthodontics. The full cost, $5500, was out-of-pocket

> for me.

>

> They do cover my surgery however, and I have a great plan with them

so

> I only have to pay 10% with a $1000 max out-of-pocket, so I'm very

> thankful for that!

>

> ~