From what I see, Insurance Companies want us to get implants
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:27 am
I haven't gotten my final bill yet, but I went online and it currently has about a $250 copay in the system from my implant two weeks ago. I'm sure the anesthesiology will send me another bill for $250 on top of that, which is usually the case. Financially I should have done this two years ago. I was paying $50 for 6 tablets a MONTH, which for me would be gone in one weekend, and $100 for 6 trimex injections a month. I did this combination for about 11 months. That's $1650.
I was getting the 6 pills at $50 a month for about three years before that too, which is another $1800, but that doesn't include the fake generics I had to order from India on the side to give me the quantity I needed to get thru a month. So considering I got great results with pills for two years, I won't count that in my numbers. Woulda done that for life if they worked every time like they did when I started them. So I'll just go with my final year of pills when they didn't work as well if at all and my 11 months with both pills and Edex injections. That comes to about $2700.
Including my 3 flights (consult, and actual surgery flight for me and girlfriend) Hotel and copay(s) for the procedure, had I done this when the pills first started getting inconsistent (beginning of year three on pills only, when I was only having about a 50% success rate on pills aggregate over that perioed), I would be up $2700 right now, and most importantly would not have had all the stress and anxiety of performance that I had to go thru over the last almost two years which was an emotional beat down I could have avoided and will never get back.
Hindsight is 20-20, and I had no way of knowing at year three when pills weren't quite doing it that the inconsistency would never get better despite the changes I was making in every facet of my life to alter it, so it isn't realistic to say I should have done it at that exact moment in time 23 months ago, but I should have stopped after the first month of injections because those were just as inconsistent. But my point is, It blows my mind how insurance rakes you over the coals for pills/injections to treat ED, but for this they roll out the red carpet. If they are so gung-ho to support this therapy, why don't they start advertising during the Superbowl? On second thought, maybe I am wrong. They don't want us to get it because they make more money off of us splurging for pills and mixes.
And yes, I realize my insurance situation is better than others here, so I am not crying about that because I realize it could be a lot worse and others have shelled out a lot more. Just pointing out that I am vey surprised that this went so smoothly coverage-wise with insurance and it all worked out the way it did. For those of you on the fence and worried about this aspect, you may be pleasantly surprised. I know I am.
I was getting the 6 pills at $50 a month for about three years before that too, which is another $1800, but that doesn't include the fake generics I had to order from India on the side to give me the quantity I needed to get thru a month. So considering I got great results with pills for two years, I won't count that in my numbers. Woulda done that for life if they worked every time like they did when I started them. So I'll just go with my final year of pills when they didn't work as well if at all and my 11 months with both pills and Edex injections. That comes to about $2700.
Including my 3 flights (consult, and actual surgery flight for me and girlfriend) Hotel and copay(s) for the procedure, had I done this when the pills first started getting inconsistent (beginning of year three on pills only, when I was only having about a 50% success rate on pills aggregate over that perioed), I would be up $2700 right now, and most importantly would not have had all the stress and anxiety of performance that I had to go thru over the last almost two years which was an emotional beat down I could have avoided and will never get back.
Hindsight is 20-20, and I had no way of knowing at year three when pills weren't quite doing it that the inconsistency would never get better despite the changes I was making in every facet of my life to alter it, so it isn't realistic to say I should have done it at that exact moment in time 23 months ago, but I should have stopped after the first month of injections because those were just as inconsistent. But my point is, It blows my mind how insurance rakes you over the coals for pills/injections to treat ED, but for this they roll out the red carpet. If they are so gung-ho to support this therapy, why don't they start advertising during the Superbowl? On second thought, maybe I am wrong. They don't want us to get it because they make more money off of us splurging for pills and mixes.
And yes, I realize my insurance situation is better than others here, so I am not crying about that because I realize it could be a lot worse and others have shelled out a lot more. Just pointing out that I am vey surprised that this went so smoothly coverage-wise with insurance and it all worked out the way it did. For those of you on the fence and worried about this aspect, you may be pleasantly surprised. I know I am.