How much does the surgery cost?
If you have health insurance that covers bariatric surgery, the cost will vary depending on your insurance plan. St. Alexius NewStart will be happy to verify your insurance benefits for coverage and financial information such as deductibles and co-pays. However, as the subscriber you are ultimately responsible for your benefits. If your insurance does not cover bariatric surgery and wish to pay for surgery, the costs for each of the procedures is as follows and includes the surgeon fees, anesthesiologist fees, and hospital fees. There will be some additional fees that can vary on an individual basis. We will be happy to discuss those with you via phone or e-mail.
Dr Fisher’s answer to that one is less than a new car. Here it averages from 18K to 21K but with the cost of malpractice insurance in Nevada I wouldn’t be surprised if the price increases. I was lucky, my insurance covered almost everything. I had to pay my deductible ($1500) and Dr Fisher’s fee for the panniculectomy. The insurance company felt that this was cosmetic surgery and though we appealed it three times they refused to pay for it. Hard to believe since my apron of fat was just about hitting my knees. I had no lap to speak of. What they did agree to do was pay for everything but Dr Fisher’s fee for the tummy tuck. They said that once I was in surgery they wouldn’t separate them and say ok, gastric bypass is done, now start billing for the tummy tuck. So all the anesthesia and other fees and services were covered.
