Looking at $11,900 for VSG in Mobile, AL. What are the prices on the Ms Gulf Coast?

I'm looking at $11,900 at the University Of South Alabama Hospital. It includes pre-op, post-op for 3 months and $50,000 insurance for 60 days after in the event of complications I still want to shop around. I also live near Biloxi, Gulfport , and Hattiesburg, Ms .Anything better out there?

Not sure about that area but would Charlotte NC work for you?  Same cost includes all pre op expenses and post op follow ups (minus lab work costs I think but am not sure) for one year and you are covered by insurance for 90 days against strictures and stenosis with the option to purchase additional insurance to extend that coverage.  

Actual place can be found by searching the internet for The Center for Surgical Weight Loss at Lake Norman.  Once you get to the website there is a tab at the top to click for information on self pay.  They also have a special package deal for people that are coming from out of state.

I realize that this isn't really the are you were looking for but thought it was worth mentioning.

Believe me..... I know that money can always be an issue....

Just know that all VSG's are not created the same and it is a non-standardized procedure.

Keeping price in mind, I would also figure in surgeon success, both in complication rate and % of EWL averages.

Lots and lots of programs now deem 50-60% EWL as successful. They give you a larger sleeve and a liberal eating plan and shoot for 50% If those are your same intentions and goals than it's perfect. Pick a surgeon that has the same goals that you have in mind.

frisco

Does this mean you don't have current health insurance?? I had mine at USA with Dr. Richards.  He has great bedside manners and is very caring.  Everything was covered with my insurance. 

take your time and shop around you want a surgeon with a good record of safety and success, you want a good support system 

you might want to check out doctors in new Orleans and in Texas, It is best if you can find a good local surgeon so you don't have problems with visits 

bed side manner is nice but you will only see the surgeon a few times and a great surgeon with lousy bedside manner is better than a lousy surgery with great bedside manner (think D nick Rivera from the Simpsons)

I saw this list on the net one day and saved it to my files.  Maybe it helps you a little?

Southern Arizona Center - Arizona  Banding $14,420, Gastric Sleeve $18,025, Gastric Bypass or Duodenal Switch $22,600

Lapband Expert- Arizona Banding $9,995

Luttrell Surgical Associates - Arkansas Banding $14,500, StomaphyX $11,000 ****asional pricing of $10,900 for Banding)

Summit - Arkansas Banding $12,500

Chapman Medical Center- California  Banding $15,000 Sleeve or Bypass $20,800

Lap Band - California Banding $10,900 on sale $9,900, Bypass $17,890

Weight Loss Center - California Banding $10,900 on sale $9,900,

Colorado Bariatric Surgery - Colorado Banding $9,400, Bypass $21,450 *All Fees

Community Hospital - Colorado Banding $12,750 *All Fees 
  Weight Loss Surgeons of West Colorado Banding $14,132 Sleeve $17,749, Gastric Bypass $22,527   Bariatric Laparoscopy Center - Florida  Banding $12,404, Sleeve $14,404, Bypass $20,404    Bay Surgical Specialist -Florida Banding$9,999   Riverside Surgical and Weight Loss Center - Florida Banding or Sleeve $12,500 an additional night in the hospital will incur another $1000 charge   Suncoast Bariatrics - Florida $9,950   Right Weigh - Indiana  Banding 12,500, Sleeve $13,500, Bypass $20,000    St.James Hospital -Illinois Banding $16,000 The Bariatric Center of Kansas City - Kansas Banding $11,999, Sleeve $ 11,999   Whyweight - Louisiana Banding Southeast Division $13,600-18,650/Southwest Division $13,655, Sleeve Southeast Division $13,600-$18,650/Southwest Division $13,665, Bypass Southeast Division $19,500-$23,850/Southwest Division $19,100, Duodenal Switch Southeast Division $39,200/Southwest Division $30,100
Dr. Matthew Weiner - Michigan Banding $10,700 *All Fees   Dr. Pleatman - Michigan Sleeve $11,200, Roux-en-Y $13,900 *All Fees   Great Lakes Weight Loss - Michigan Banding$10,700 *All Fees   Bovard Bariatrics -North Carolina  Banding $12,900

Lake Norman - North Carolina Banding $13,900, Sleeve $11,900, Bypass Roue-en-Y $22,000  *All Fees   Trace W. Curry M.D -Ohio Banding$12,999   Premier Surgical Services - South Carolina Banding $11,050 or $11,800 depending on facility   Self Regional Health Care - South Carolina Banding $11,800, Sleeve $ 11,800   Centennial Bariatrics - Tennessee Banding $14,900, Sleeve $21,000, Bypass 25,250, Duodenal 
Switch$29,550   New Life - Tennessee Banding $17,750, Sleeve $16,750, Greater Curve Plication $12,100, Bypass $22,100, Rose Procedure $11,000,  Biliary Pancreatic Diversion Duodenal Switch $25,500   Austin Bariatric Center - Texas Banding$9,990 (Offering other procedures, Banding and Sleeve can be done with one incision) *All Fees    Bariatric Surgery Center of Dallas - Texas Banding $8,800, Sleeve $ 11,000, Roux-en-Y $17,000   Center for Obesity Surgery -Texas $8,999 Sleeve, $7,999 Lap Band   Dr.Kim -Texas Banding, Sleeve $12,300   Dr. D. Kim - Texas Banding $10,500, Sleeve $12,300, Bypass $19,000 *All Fees

Fort Worth Lap Band - Texas Banding $9,900, Sleeve $12,000, Gastric Pleat $12,500, Bypass Revision $9,750   My Bariatric Solutions - Texas  Banding $8,950, Sleeve $10,950 , Bypass  $18,350  *All Fees (Lay-a-way plan)

My Weight Loss Surgeon - Texas Banding $13,500, Sleeve $16,500, Bypass $18,000, Revision Bypass $21,000,  Stomaphyx $9,200

 New Beginnings Surgical -Texas Banding $9,724, Sleeve $12,532, Bypass $19,115, Band 2 Sleeve $15,277 *All Fees   Nichols Clinic - Texas Banding $9,900, Sleeve $12,200, Bypass $17,200   TLCEdge -Texas Banding $8,590,  Sleeve $9990  *All Fees   Texarkana - Texas Banding $10,999   Weight Loss Specialist of Northern Texas - Texas Banding $9,950, Sleeve $10,950, Roux-en-Y $18,836, Duodenal Switch $22,750   Rocky Mountain Associated Physicians - Utah Banding Revision $20,810, Sleeve $15,980,Bypass $19,425, Bypass Revision$23,490, Duodenal Switch $25,540   Various Hospitals - Utah Banding $10,975, n$14,500 and $14,750  

 

Wow, so basically, my quote is pretty much in the low to low-mid price range! Thanks so much. :)

Sorry, no clue why that lists copies into such a mess.  If you want a neater copy, let me know and I will email you one.

 

https://sites.google.com/site/bariatricsurgeryselfpay/self-p ay---united-states