Insurance company denial -i'm so confused

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Well, after 2 years in braces waiting to get orthognathic surgery (i forget all

the technical

terms but,) for lower jaw advancement, top jaw widening and correcting vertical

excess...the

insurance company comes back and says they will only cover half the surgery.

The woman at

my oral surgeon's office told me today that they will cover the LeFort portion

but not the

sagittal split. Now, i thought (it's been a while since i've thought about this

in technical

terms) that meant they were gonna cover my lower jaw advancement but not the

widening.

After looking up what those terms meant on Google, it seems that they will cover

the upper

jaw surgery but not the lower!! Can't they see that my bottom jaw is a whole

tooth width

behind where it should be! I'm so confused and upset right now. I was supposed

to have this

done in January. I'm 27 and i thought finally i would be happy with my smile and

my face. I

just don't get it. I pay for my own insurance out of my own pocket! The oral

surgeon's office

said that he would be in touch with me to see if we can 'get away' with just

doing the one

surgery. But i don't want to just 'get away' with it. I want what i've been

waiting for for years!

Another option would be to pay myself for the other half of the procedure that's

not

approved. Does anyone have a ballpark estimate of how much that would be? Or any

experience with denials from insurance companies? Any help would be great right

now...i'm

just so upset. i'm glad i can vent on here were people understand!

thanx for letting me vent,

amy