Posted 3/30/2015 11:50 PM (GMT 0)
From www.Swedish.org
"For medicare patients, LINX now has a dedicated procedure code that allows for payment to cover the cost of the hospital portion of implanting the LINX device. The surgeon’s fee is a separate code and fee and is usually covered."
"Insurance update:
For patients with non-medicare insurance, the battle continues. But, the data from around the country shows that more patients are successful in getting approval for LINX than previously with upwards of 50% being approved. It is still taking up to 120 days for approval but with more data accruing each month I think insurers are beginning to pay attention."
Suggest you get approval in writing befor proceeding with implant. The hospital should be able to provide it. There are instances where approval was given, the hospital paid, then the insurance took the payment back. In our family instance, they would not pay for the device itself . The charge for the device was $5000.
Wish you well. Keep us posted on your plans.
Michael1951 welcome to our forum. Pat