skin removal surgery cost?

My guess would be that insurance will not cover it because it is cosmetic.

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I know someone who had a tummy tuck. She said that it wasn't covered by insurance. They would only cover if the person was having medical issues due to the excess skin, i.e., sores, infections, etc. She said that it cost $10,000. I don't know if prices vary accross the country, but I do know of people who have travelled outside the US to have plastic surgery, and that even with all of the travel costs, said it was cheaper. I don't know if I would trust Dr.'s outside of the US though...

I have a professor who reccently lost alot of weight, mention it, he said it was around $30,000 and not covered by insurance, and takes about 90 days of recovery.

I did have excess skin removed from my stomach a few years ago. At that point in my life I had lost 85lbs. Insurance did pay for mine....if it stays red and irritated or prone to yeast infections are things they look for. I used a plastic surgeon I worked with in the operating room and he had no problems with the insurance. So don't rule anything out...you have nothing to lose (except excess skin) by visiting a surgeon that you know takes your insurance. It might be a hassle dealing back and forth with the insurance but trust me it is well worth the effort.

i checked into getting a tummy tuck ... which they required that i be at least under 200lbs but would like me closer to my goal weight ... the estimate was $6700 .... ins wont pay for me. But i am going to save for it ... i have had 4 csections and hysterectomy and also i am very Fat and my belly is just sagging and i know its only going to get worse the more i lose because my mom lost over 100 and had the same skin flap .... my opinion is ins should pay for it because its unhealthy to have it .. at least thats what my moms dr told her . i hope you get it if you can . good luck .

I wish it was easier to get skin removed or shrunk because it is so discouraging knowing that you tried so hard to lose weight then you see all that skin just hanging there. I was diagnosed in 2005 with breast cancer and that is the only cancer that you gain weight even though chemo make you sick it is the hormones. I also had to take steroids to reduce inflammation due to radiation recall and alot of pain meds. At my heaviest I weighed 275, as of now I'm cancer free and I'm still trying to lose weight because weight is a factor in cancer so I'm doing it for my health. As of now I weigh 207...I was 195 a year ago but some of it creeped back on. I believe though it is because of the way I look with out clothes, I'm scared to lose more due to the skin. If there was a reward program where they say if you loose this much the skin removal is paid for. You go to a doctor and get evaluated and they tell you how much should be lost before they will do the surgery. Just like on the TV shows....Biggest Loser, my 600 lb life, or extreme makeover weight lose edition. I hope I don't get as big as some of those but they deserve it loosing that much.

I had started at 276lbs. My doctors had been telling me to loose weight, but that was very hard for me back then. My mother was the one that asked my main doctor about a diet that my medicare would cover. I started the diet the begening of October in 2012. I have lost so far almost 70 pounds. I asked if Medicare would cover the skin surgery, but it comes out that they won't cover me on that. I lost all that weight so far, yet I feel the same. I can't ware anything smallerbecause of the way it looks on me, yet I can fit into sizes so much smaller. A surgery would make me feel so much better. I would then actually be able to see myself and bring me to my accomplishment. How many more pounds do I actually have to loose to get the surgery, and how much would it cost? I am under Social Security Disability with Epilepcy that I was told I recieved from my radiation that I recieved from my brain cancer when I was in elementry school and the radiation from the last few year cancers.