Nose and Nasal Hump - Rhinoplasty

Understand that even though you are given a quote... it’s incomplete. This was never explained to me by the staff but shame on me for not reading what I signed. When my first bill for $700 came in I was angry but decided to take it on the chin as a lesson learned for not being a responsible consumer. When the $9,000 EOB’s came in the nightmare began. Understand that it’s your responsibility to call the anesthesiologist with the procedure codes and get a quote from them. Then, you need to call your medical insurance company and find out what is covered, your deductible, and if this particular doctor is in network. I specifically asked the staff if my medical insurance covered my procedure and I was assured it was. This was a half truth because although HIS office was in my network...the anesthesiologist HE chose was not at the time. This is why I started receiving outrageous claims with me liable. It took days of phone calls back and forth to his office, my insurance company, and the anesthesiologist to untangle this web. Why on earth would you place all of this work and stress on your patient who is paying a premium for your services? His office washes their hands of it. I had to speak to several people at the anesthesiologist’s office to get them to fight my insurance company. Unbeknownst to his staff there is a legal loop hole that requires insurance companies to treat out of network doctors as “in network” when the patient has no choice in selecting him or her. So, because he chose the anesthesiologist and not me things change in my favor. That said, I am still liable for my deductible and this entire thing is still being fought. In total it’s about $1,400 over the original “quote”. I’ve had two other plastic surgeries and never had to do any of this and my other quote with a different surgeon had everything included.

Overall I’m healing very nicely. My nose is still swollen, spongy and numb on the tip. I’m very happy with my side profile and a lot of the bulk is gone! I’m looking forward to seeing more definition on the tip as I continue to heal!

I just received my anesthesia bill for $700 if you need a general idea of cost. I had my cast taken off, packing removed, and front stitches taken out. He placed tape on my nose that I have to leave on for a week. I could breath really well right afterwards and can finally sleep at night. Im very swollen but I can already tell my hump is gone and tip doesn’t hang down :)