Hello again. Non contracted means they will except medicare but they don't have to go by their pay standards. The  Office can tell you more 913 677 2508 . I got some special help to cover my cost or I would not have been able to afford these drs.   I do believe  RNY is more but I don,t know that for a fact. If I where you I would also look in to these other places speacial if there closer for you.  But I do love the Dr At Shawnee. Good luck . Go to the missouri board  and ask this same question maybe more people can help.    Paul 

Hi! I had my RNY done at Geay Community HOspital in Janury 2007 by Dr. Bollman and Dr. Narciso and had a great experience. Dr. Bollman had completed over 650 RNY's at that time. He has only had one leak to speak of and that was a nurse at the hospital. She now speaks at the support meetings to advise others about what to look for.  It is a gold star program and was the first in Kansas to do gastric bypass. My surgery was an open RNY but they now have a new surgeon on board that does laproscopic gastric bypass. I would recommend them highly having gone through it. They are caring and professional and I would do it over again in a heartbeat. My hospital stay and care was A+ from nursing staff, nutritionist, surgeons and liv lite staff. Good luck and don't let one negative person shy you away.  ks_beachbum

Hello all.....I just recently completed all of the hoops for insurance to have my gastric bypass done. This has been a soul searching journey of 2 years and countless hours reading message boards.  I thought I was all set to go, but have recently heard from a former employee that the WLS patients who had it done there, had many complications.  Is there anyone in here that had their surgery done there? Anyone with information, negative and positive would be greatly appreciated!

Hi Paul, thank you so much for your reply. Do you remember how much you had to pay? also, do you think the cost would be more for the roux en y? Does anyone know what they mean that the dr's are "non contracted" with medicare?. I really need to know. I signed up to go to the meeting on 9/17, but it is a 2 hr. drive for me, and I don't want to make the trip for nothing, if I have to pay the dr. out of pocket more than a few hundred dollars , then it would be out of my budget. thanks, susan

Hi All, I finally made the call to set up  and get started with wls. I am hoping to get the  roux en y (sp?) anyhow, I was directed to their websiite  shawnee missions, and they are the only hosp designated as a center of excellence, thus the only one medicare will pay for. My problem is this, it say's that their dr's are not medicare contracted, does this mean I have to pay for the dr. out of pocket? I only have medicare a&b, no supplemental. Is there any one out there who's had the surgery there with only medicare, if so what were the out of pocket expenses? I am so ready to have this done, my b-day (42 ouch!!) is coming up soon (09/19) and I realized I need to do something before I die a fat old lady lol. thanks so much susan