siho/lutheran preferred approval for plastic surger

I am looking for someone that has had any kind of plastic surgery and how and what you needed to do in order to get approval from insurance.  I am from Columbia City area and seeing a plastic surgeon in Fort Wayne. Thanks for anyone that can help with comments on insurance and plastic surgery.

I recently had a tummy tuck with full abdo and an inner thigh lift. The insurance covered the tummy tuck portion. The remaining ~$9,000 was out of pocket. The insurance required that I had a history of rashes from the apron of skin. I don't know if they had other requirements or not. If they did, I apparently met them. The usual requirements which may be wanted is that you are at least 12-18 months post-op from WLS and/or have maintained the weight loss for at least 1 year. Both of these, I had done...so I'm not sure if my insurance had required them or not. I had only went to the doctor once for the skin rashes....apparently that was enough times for my insurance. Good luck and congrats at being at this stage of your journey. Sherri