Quote from: ShortLivesMatter on October 02, 2017, 01:56:25 AMYeah it looks my insurance covered most of the hospital fees except a couple hundred dollars. As for the surgery they covered some of it and I'm responsible for 55k.
Wow this is amazing! I would definitely pay 55k to get surgery with Dr. Rozbruch. Can you tell us more about the process of getting insurance to cover that much? So theoretically if I sign up for united healthcare I can pay 55k to get LL with Dr. Rozbruch? Do you have united healthcare through an employer? Is it HMO or PPO? I planned on leaving my job when I started lengthening because they probably wont allow me to leave for a few months. So I would have to pay for united healthcare with cash and sign up during open enrollment. This is a purely cosmetic procedure right? and the insurance is ok with that?
Sorry for all the questions but if I could pay 55k to get surgery with Dr. Rozbruch it would amazing.
ShortLivesMatter Internal Femurs w/ Dr. Rozbruch 8/22/17
Would you please provide a breakdown of the charges and what you personally had to pay out of pocket. For example-
Hospital $25k - Paid $5k
Anesthesia $10k - Paid $2k
Dr. Rozbruch $?
Thanks. This is the deal of the century for limb lengthening....
Quote from: Zeo on October 02, 2017, 05:01:08 AMWow this is amazing! I would definitely pay 55k to get surgery with Dr. Rozbruch. Can you tell us more about the process of getting insurance to cover that much? So theoretically if I sign up for united healthcare I can pay 55k to get LL with Dr. Rozbruch? Do you have united healthcare through an employer? Is it HMO or PPO? I planned on leaving my job when I started lengthening because they probably wont allow me to leave for a few months. So I would have to pay for united healthcare with cash and sign up during open enrollment. This is a purely cosmetic procedure right? and the insurance is ok with that?
Sorry for all the questions but if I could pay 55k to get surgery with Dr. Rozbruch it would amazing.
You should check if your specific insurance plan is listed under the hospital's accepted insurances here https://www.hss.edu/insurance.asp. This will be for the non surgical fees part. THe other part is Dr. Rozbruch's surgical fee. If he's not in network (he was out of network for me), make sure your plan has some out of network coverage that will hopefully cover some of the costs for that part. Call his office to check. Check out 6FeetSoon's LL thread, he was able to even get it a little cheaper than me.
I must stress however that you won't know how much everything will cost until after the surgery when all the insurance claims are process so you need to have 100k+ in reserve just in case nothing is covered. But Dr. Rozbruch says usually insurance will cover some of it so take it as you will. You will have a good idea if your insurance will cover anything during your initial consultation as that is when you will get xrays taken, if they are covered by your insurance, you are on the right track.
I was lucky that my employer granted me an extended leave of absence until I recover and get back to work so I am still having my health benefits. If you have to quit your job, do it early in the month as most companies will let you keep your insurance til the end of the month after you quit. Then have the surgery later that month while still being covered. Afterwards you will either need to buy your own health plan or use COBRA to extend your employer's insurance, not sure which one is cheaper. This is for post op follow ups and x-rays and hopefully no complications.
Quote from: Rod Thick on October 02, 2017, 12:33:51 PMWould you please provide a breakdown of the charges and what you personally had to pay out of pocket. For example-
Hospital $25k - Paid $5k
Anesthesia $10k - Paid $2k
Dr. Rozbruch $?
Thanks. This is the deal of the century for limb lengthening....
This breakdown would be very helpful.
how u doing, shortlives?
Quote from: lon chaney on October 16, 2017, 05:50:50 PMhow u doing, shortlives?
I've just passed 5.2 cm of lengthening. I'm losing my range of motion pretty rapidly. The knee bend issue has gotten worse, it's getting really hard to straighten the leg and I can't keep it straighten for long. On the opposite end I can only bend it to about 100 degrees. Obviously it's not going to get better until I finish lengthening and the muscles can catch up. I hear this is common with femur lengthening? Would make sense as I already had tight hamstrings prior to the procedure. No signs of duck ass yet so that's good at least.
The pain is still located in the lower leg area running down the shin to ankle. Absolutely no pain on the operated femurs and upper leg. It's not bad during the day but getting a full uninterrupted sleep is impossible for me due to the pain.
My legs look like twigs now and whatever barely there butt I had prior is now gone, flat as a board. I'll probably try to get to 7cm and stop. The mental aspect of this is way harder than I thought, I want to get back to life soon. And this is me doing lengthening at home with family with Precise. I can't imagine the people staying in a foreign country for many months. I need to avoid facebook as seeing all the stuff my friends are doing that I'm missing out on is just making it worse lol.
Since several people have asked for it, I'll take a look at all insurance finances/charges and post a breakdown.
damn, i'm sorry, sounds like you're having a really tough time! not the most heartening update as my surgery date gets closer, although i'm still committed, and hoping i face less complications. i love my friends of course, but i also don't mind being alone (always something good to watch or read)... however, psychologically the sleep trouble kind of scares me. 7 hours per night is pretty vital to my wellbeing. are u still happy with and often communicating with rozbruch, has he said anything about why you're having trouble? anyway you've definitely motivated me to start stretching
Quote from: lon chaney on October 17, 2017, 12:49:32 AMdamn, i'm sorry, sounds like you're having a really tough time! not the most heartening update as my surgery date gets closer, although i'm still committed, and hoping i face less complications. i love my friends of course, but i also don't mind being alone (always something good to watch or read)... however, psychologically the sleep trouble kind of scares me. 7 hours per night is pretty vital to my wellbeing. are u still happy with and often communicating with rozbruch, has he said anything about why you're having trouble? anyway you've definitely motivated me to start stretching
Haha no worries man, I'm still in good spirits, definitely no regrets. I mean probably 90% of people will experience pain and lose range of motion thru the distraction phase unless they are extremely flexible/young which I am neither. I'm still getting about 7 hrs of sleep, its just spread out in a 10-11 hr interval.
right, i know lengthening presents challenges for everyone. it's good to hear u have no regrets and are doing ok. would u mind sharing your weight? are u on the heavier side? i'm in my early 20s and thin, which i hope puts me at an advantage
Quote from: ShortLivesMatter on October 17, 2017, 01:01:08 AMHaha no worries man, I'm still in good spirits, definitely no regrets. I mean probably 90% of people will experience pain and lose range of motion thru the distraction phase unless they are extremely flexible/young which I am neither. I'm still getting about 7 hrs of sleep, its just spread out in a 10-11 hr interval.
How much did you end up paying out of pocket my friend? Glad everything went well.
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