One step closer to lower surger- June 6th update

A few days ago I posted here about my journey so far with insurance and getting lower surgery covered.

Well my latest update is really AWESOME. While I was at the Philly Conference I got a call from the Surgeon's insurance person saying that I may not have to pay as much as I originally thought. She is waiting to talk to some people then will get back to me.

Fastward to today.

I spoke to the woman from the Surgeon's office and she stated that the Surgeon and the Hospital is covered by a Small ass insurance and they have contracts with BIG NAME INSURANCES and one of the BIG NAME INSURANCE companies has a contract with my WHACK ASS INSURANCE. After calling around and speaking to some folks she was able to verify that under this random chain of contracts that the surgeon is In Network with my WHACK ASS INSURANCE. This means that I will only have to pay the co-pays and/or deductibles which last I checked for my insurance are $0 which is right in my price range!

Today the woman from the claims department for my insurance also called (The one I made nice with) and stated that the matter was being resolved and someone should call me soon. The person who was supposed to call me called about and hour later stating the same thing about "How the surgeon is used to working with Small ass insurance and they have contracts with BIG NAME INSURANCES and one of the BIG NAME INSURANCE companies has a contract with my WHACK ASS INSURANCE." She stated that they contacted Small ass insurance who should be contacting the surgeon's office to give the exact rates that BIG NAME INSURANCE uses which will be what my WHACK ASS INSURANCE will honor.
I had a date for sooner and one for later in mind. I officially took the later date while waiting for this matter to be resolved but now that things seems to be a go I plan to utilize the sooner date which means I need to start pumping to prepare for my surgery which may be in the next 2-3 months!

After all is said and done I plan to share more details regarding the surgeon and the insurance companies. While going through this I feel more comfortable not posting all the details on the net about the companies just yet.

I am doing the biggest happy dance EVER!
Cris