Losing dangerous excess weight with the LAP-BAND® System
can significantly improve your health. It can even reduce or eliminate
health conditions associated with obesity. The LAP-BAND® Adjustable
Gastric Banding System can help you control your hunger - so you
lose weight. It can help you look and feel better. It can actually
help you change your life.
Yet, despite the benefits of losing weight, some people worry about
the cost of LAP-BAND® System surgery. What most people don't
realize is just how much it costs to be obese. Between the costs
of medication, doctor visits, groceries, and weight loss program
fees, morbid obesity can cost more than $18,000 a year.
ITEMS Estimated Annual Costs
- Mean medical/drug costs (BMI=35) $7,337
- Out-of-pocket healthcare expenses $2,684
- Employment inactivity costs $1,017
- Commercial weight-loss program fees $678
- Prescription co-pays (5 meds at $10) $738
- Grocery and dining costs $6,012
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TOTAL $18,466
Depends on your insurance.
Each Insurance Company is different. Contact your insurance carrier
to find out how much your deductible will be for the operation.
Otherwise, routine office visits fees apply.
If you have decided to not file your claim with your insurance
or plan to finance the operation through a private financing company
these are the expected fees:
Initial Consultation: $100.
This fee includes the initial workup, processing the paperwork,
and scheduling the surgery. If you decide to go forward after the
consultation, we will credit the initial fee towards the cost of
the operation.
Cost of Procedure: $13,500
This fee includes the anesthesia, the same day hospital admission
fee, all hospital fees*, the surgeons fees, and adjustments to the
band for 1 year.
*This may increase if you have a complication or if you have multiple
medical problems warranting an overnight admission.
Stringfellow Memorial
Hospital
This is the hospital we have contracted with to the majority of
our surgical procedures. Their support is the primary reason we
are able to do this procedure with a high level of quality at a
very reasonable cost.
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