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MedLoan Finance – you may contact them via internet at www.medloanfinance.com, or by phone at 1-800-504-4053. They offer loan rates starting at 3.99%

Surgery Loans.com – you may contact them via internet at www.surgeryloans.com, or by phone at 1-888-502-8020.

If there is anything else we can do to assist you though this process, please feel free to reach out to us.

Self-pay price breakdown for LAPAROSCOPIC Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Hospital charges: $14,000 Anesthesia fee: $1,200 Surgeon’s fee: (Includes 3 month post op follow up in office): $6000 Surgical assistant’s fee: $600 Total: $21,800.00

Hospital charges: $5,800
Anesthesia fee: (Colorado Anesthesia Consultants): $550
Surgeon’s fee: (Includes 3 month post op follow up in office): $3,000
Surgical assistant’s fee: $250
Total: $9,600.00

Self-pay price breakdown for Gastric Sleeve:
Hospital charges: $12,000
Surgeons fee: (Includes 3 month post op follow up in office): $5,400
Anesthesia: $1,200
Surgical assisntant’s fee: $400
Total: $19,000.00

Lap-Band pricing includes any fluoroscopy studies (x-rays, including x-ray guided fills) for 90 days post-operatively.
Be aware that with the proper referral your insurance usually covers some if not all of the consultation costs, this cost is not included in the self pay pricing.
You or your insurance will be responsible for the costs of labs and studies NOT done as part of your hospital stay, this includes any tests sent outside of the hospital for diagnostic reading.

All patients for both the LapBand and Bypass require a psychological and a pulmonary/critical care clearance. Select patients require additional work-ups pre-operatively, such as gastroenterology and/or cardiology. My office helps to facilitate these evaluations. They are for YOUR safety. These services are almost always covered by your insurance, even if you are a self-financed patient. Clearly, if not a covered benefit then you will have to make arrangements to cover these costs.

Financing and loan considerations are available through the above mentioned outside agencies that have a special interest in helping with bariatric surgery candidates.

Rose Hospital and ASC have been generous in their billing assessments for these procedures. In the event of a complication or a hospital stay beyond 5 days for gastric bypass and 2 days with LapBand, your insurance will be billed and considerations will be weighed on a case-by-case basis. We have administration’s guarantee that our patients will not be financially punished by costs beyond their control within the realm of the reasonable amount of risk and uncertainty surrounding any major surgical procedure. However, the patient bears the risk of potential additional charges beyond the established global period.
These charges are established as of January 1, 2010. They are subject to change and negotiation.

All payments must be received no less than 14 days prior to the date of your scheduled surgery. We accept Visa, MC, and AMEX, cash, and checks.

All payments for hospital services, anesthesia services, and consultants must be paid 14 days prior to the date of service. Plan for a possible set of minor charges with a maximum total of $200. This will ensure no “surprise” incidental charges. Payment for surgical assistant can be taken at Denver Center for Bariatric Surgery 14 days prior to surgery in the form of cash or check only.

As always, please call us if you have any questions or concerns.

Very Truly Yours,

Michael A. Snyder, MD, FACS, PC
Stacie E. Perlman, MD, FACS