@pattyreal, my office uses UBA HQ for all our transactions so I just called our relationship manager there and he said no. Went to the branch at awolowo road ikoyi 2day and they are also not selling.

@upgradedmom, thanks. I'll try them. Heard of Diamond too.

pattyreal:


Ahhh if u called headoffice & dey said no. Na him b say dem just stop am. Cos she applied since last week @ festac branch & she was given. Mayb cos of d increase in dollar! Wow dis is serz ooo. Bt it's just on mon I went there na! I'll advise u go urself dan calln.

Shawbabe:
thanks so much!!!

Can u pls give me their number? I'm coming in Jan...mid January with mum so I might need what u have. Also is there internet? I want something close to the hospital. Don't want stress lol.

And I dunno how the pm works on here.

this is there website all the information needed is there and yes they ve internet….even when you call they tell you to book online….remembered calling them also and they told me to book online….and on your day of arrival you show them your email confirmation and if you pay for a month you get the monthly discount cos the have a weekly discount on there website

Please nairalanders, with the prevailing conditions, please i need someone that can really tutor me and mentor on the procedures and cost US child delivery for my prince/princess am expecting soon. Please i really need a the current situation of things from application for visa, hospital, traveling and the actual delivery and does anyone know anything

thank you for your anticipated response.

AyaSho:
For our information.
Got this from Dr Oduro, for those doing Cs operation
Dr's bill including anaesthesia, 1 prenatal visit including 1 scan is 5150k dollars and hospital fee Gwinnett Medical hospital is between 10k to 12k dollars plus 40percent discount.
I would appreciate if anyone can help with something cheaper within Atlanta, Georgia.

Hello Ayosho....when did you get this? I got Drs fess at $2000 no discount and hospital at at $4000-$6000 with a 40% discount. I better call to clarify as I dont want to be slapped with a nasty bill after. Above is with Dr Oduro delivering at Gwinnett.

FADEO:
Please nairalanders, with the prevailing conditions, please i need someone that can really tutor me and mentor on the procedures and cost US child delivery for my prince/princess am expecting soon. Please i really need a the current situation of things from application for visa, hospital, traveling and the actual delivery and does anyone know anything

thank you for your anticipated response.

Hi. Welcome on board ! I will advise you get a notepad and start reading the thread from page 100 forward and take notes of d answers to your questions. By the time you are done,u shld av gathered enuf info.Good luck in your adventure.

MrsDan:


Hello Ayosho....when did you get this? I got Drs fess at $2000 no discount and hospital at at $4000-$6000 with a 40% discount. I better call to clarify as I dont want to be slapped with a nasty bill after. Above is with Dr Oduro delivering at Gwinnett.

You had better do ooo- bill has changed.

"Normal vaginal delivery and remain in our facility for 2 days incur charges from $8,000 to $10,000. Patients who deliver by caesarian who remain in our facility for 4 days incur charges from $15,000 to $25,000."

baslone:


You had better do ooo- bill has changed.

"Normal vaginal delivery and remain in our facility for 2 days incur charges from $8,000 to $10,000. Patients who deliver by caesarian who remain in our facility for 4 days incur charges from $15,000 to $25,000."

Thank you Ayasho, I just got another with Northside Drs Fees $2500 and Hospital Charges at $3500, epidural etc extra.

pattyreal:


Yes u hv 2 book thru d fone. Wen u do dat ask of alba calhan she is very efficient. Request u want to get it via email cos dey will tell u dat it will b posted. Bt sincerely u go wait tire! Den print out ur agreement page on deir website as anoda burden of proof 4 poe cos deir appointment letter is very scanty believe mi. Dats wat I intend using. Bear in mind no doc will b assigned 2 u via mail until u arrive phoenix. So dn't xpect a doc correspondence. D appt is wit financial only. Pls I hope dis helps.

@ pattyreal, a million thanks.

@weaseloo, I am also looking at my wife going to Houston too for delivery in the first quarter of next year. please i will need you expertise information on a lot of things am concerned and worried about.

weaseloo:



Dr. La now charges a non-refundable deposit of $150 which will eventually be deducted from your full payment. I know El Paso charges $150 as well, not sure if they make it part of your payment.
His fees like so many have mentioned already are:
$3340: $2500 doctor's charges, $445 labs, $145 initial visit, $250 ultrasound. I tried to negotiate, them no gree. I have tried to see if I can do some of the tests here in Nigeria but the prices I am getting at my hosp is more expensive so, the $445 will be going to them.

I am leaning more towards him bc I think he is expensive for a reason. Done my research on him and compared him with the other doctors at WHMC. To ice it, with the wonderful comments at the beginning of this thread about him, one of my friends used him last year and says good things about him and his services. Plus WHMC is a better location for me.

Other fees include:
WHMC vag/CS: 2500/4000
Epidural: 1200
Surg Assistant: 250
Paediatrics: 500/600
Pathology: 200/400
Hearing Test: $326
Circumcision: $325
I believe the last three can be negotiated.

I see Houston is getting more traffic nowadays bc of MIHS's change in cost. Good luck big bumps! Any January houston bound mama's that want to hook up can write me at my username at rocke t m ail. I will not accept pms.

Saving mode has been activated to give this baby the best entrance to this world

Kween2014:
Hello everyone, praise God with me... My baby arrived last Wednesday 5:34pm at West Houston Medical Center and Dr La via normal delivery. Mother and baby doing fine. Experience was fabulous all the way, from prenatal visits to the delivery itself and 2 days postpartum stay in the hospital.

I will be happy to answer any question regarding the hospital and doctor.

I wish all expectant mums a safe delivery.

Congrat Kween2014, pls can you tell me how to get ur newborn passport and Niaja visa. Pls I will appreciate the info. Thanks

[quote author=Seshmemon post=28151041][/quote]

Long and insightful post. Year 2012 must have been a very interesting year for you. From your sister-in-law giving birth that year to you getting your 5year visa(btw I didn't know US embassy issues 5year visa) and then your sil returns from her birthing trip and escort you on yours and then the awful experience at POE till you finally put to bed in Oct 2012. Wow, is all I can say. Wish you a happy 'popping' for baby no 2.

Hello phoenix mamas,i called the Loft @ 10 apartment people and was told me that they are fully booked. So pls i still need info on any apartment not too far from MIHS that is below $700/month that they wont demand for US ID CARD & SSN to book
Pls i still need help o!

Babe16:
Pls help a friend with hospitals in Dallas and OB/GYN.Thanks.

@ babe16. Am currently in Dallas, I flew inn over a week now and Av been searching for hospital and obgyn. Today I had my first visit in Dr Dennis Abbas office who usually delivers at Doctor's Hospital, white lake. He charges $2400 and hospital is about $3000 for normal delivery. The doctors charge include all the tests and sonogram. Like I am a rhesus negative and they are not charging extra fee for my anti d Rogan injection. You can google him and make your decision.

upgradedmom:

Long and insightful post. Year 2012 must have been a very interesting year for you. From your sister-in-law giving birth that year to you getting your 5year visa(btw I didn't know US embassy issues 5year visa) and then your sil returns from her birthing trip and escort you on yours and then the awful experience at POE till you finally put to bed in Oct 2012. Wow, is all I can say. Wish you a happy 'popping' for baby no 2.

Yes it was a very stressful time after the Poe experience. Since I was scared I would be put into lock. Up. My advice to everybody here is that if you get into Poe trouble plz don't lose hope and don't get scared. The officer might want to scare you and cause panic but seriously if u have paid ur bills and have been honest no need to be scared.
My sil was told that they don't care even about small babies even if they are us citizen so this time around I was even more scared that I might have horrible experience due to one American child and bad bad history so I called lawyer in the USA and asked if there is any threat to my baby if I get into trouble and he said that the most they could do is deport u n they cannot take the baby away from you. I was relaxed but still scared as u can expect anything.
Last time in 2012, I was going in a yellow cab and met an accident. Took ambulance as I was near my due date and guess what? All the services were given and I was asked for my address and later send all bills to my address. Ambulance cost 200 and radiology bills 300 and other stuff 500 so this was a pretty big shock. I got another lawyer to listen to my case and told him my issue as I was just a passenger. Well, went to police and they couldn't track both the drivers' numbers or insurances.
So please if u are misfortunate to meet accident don't take any ambulance until totally needed. I wanted to be sure my baby is ok but I didn't know it would cost 1000.

I had a csection in 2012 and I used memorial hermann southwest. It was emergency csection- I had paid 3600 for vaginal delivery to get discounted package. And ended up in emergency csection as baby was in distress.
So after I was discharged I went to financial counsellor and my bill was what?? 19800 dollars!!!! My god I screamed looking at that.
I then negotiated it and finally my total bill was 6000. I was actually hopeless but my mom told me to talk further into this as we are paying cash and after half an hour of discussing the system I got the mothers package deal of 6000. Anesthesia is 1500 dollars. My doctor was super nice and calmed my mom when she was stressed about the csection bill and offered discount of 500
Dollars.

I am expecting my baby in January 15 and I have negotiated with my doctor. 3000 inclusive and all tests done and ultrasound too. Two visits after delivery incl.
my only wish was to be very fair with my children, if one has the chance to be us citizen I should try for another one too as they both have same rights. I tried and risked my visa being revoked but thank God it went well.
I am staying at extended stay and my biggest expense is the transport. If I go somewhere like a mall or some thing I pay like 50 dollars just for cab.
Black Friday is coming up. Please all share ur shopping experience for the new babies too.

MrsDan:


Hello Ayosho....when did you get this? I got Drs fess at $2000 no discount and hospital at at $4000-$6000 with a 40% discount. I better call to clarify as I dont want to be slapped with a nasty bill after. Above is with Dr Oduro delivering at Gwinnett.

Yea Ayosho this is same thing i got. And i spoke with their financial dept. i was saying you should select a Dr from their Gwinnett group of Obgyns.

Mrsfad2014:
@ babe16. Am currently in Dallas, I flew inn over a week now and Av been searching for hospital and obgyn. Today I had my first visit in Dr Dennis Abbas office who usually delivers at Doctor's Hospital, white lake. He charges $2400 and hospital is about $3000 for normal delivery. The doctors charge include all the tests and sonogram. Like I am a rhesus negative and they are not charging extra fee for my anti d Rogan injection. You can google him and make your decision.

Hi, can we have his contact please?

Shawbabe:


Yea Ayosho this is same thing i got. And i spoke with their financial dept. i was saying you should select a Dr from their Gwinnett group of Obgyns.

Please call the billing unit to confirm the price, I gave birth in gwinnett in September and my bill came up to $8,003 child was $9,800 cos he was taken to Nicu. These bills are b4 the discount, after the discount mine came to $4,8 or so n child $5k, I had to negotiate for over a week but nothing was done, the billing guys even threatened me with all sort, I eventually wrote to the vice president of the hospital before they now started calling me, I eventually paid $3,433

4k to 6k is just an estimate, n they said they will stop sending it to self pay patient Pls be guided.

baslone:


You don go far sef....

I am still struggling to complete their pre-registration Form online.

It seems the form is actually built for US residents only.

1- SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER- Would have skipped it but it is a compulsory field to be filled.
2- HOME PHONE- Space allocated in the field for this does not fit for international number.
3- DATE OF BIRTH- it keeps indicating this message- . "INVALID DATE OF BIRTH". I called the contact number on the website yesterday and I was told to change my browser from Safari to another but I still get same alert on Firefox and Chrome.

The thing tiya me.

With all this issues, I don't seem to figure out anyway to proceed. I don send email to them- if nothing sensible, off to Chicago be that!!

Americans write month before date (for date of birth)

So it's 12/25/1985 for 25th of dec 1985

Shawbabe:


Yea Ayosho this is same thing i got. And i spoke with their financial dept. i was saying you should select a Dr from their Gwinnett group of Obgyns.

The bill has changed.
Have sent you an email.
Which Doctor are you using.

Morning People,

I would start by saying a big thank you to all of you that have contributed...you guys have been invaluable....please dont stop being the wonderful people you guys have been. (Just know there are people like me that have learnt a lot from you people)

It looks like Gwinnett Medical have increased their prices i got this from them last night


[i]Gwinnett Medical Center does not offer package pricing for deliveries.

Prices are based on level of care and length of stay. On average, patients who experience a normal vaginal delivery and remain in our facility for 2 days incur charges from $8,000 to $10,000.

Patients who deliver by caesarian who remain in our facility for 4 days incur charges from $15,000 to $25,000.

Please note that these are estimated charges only and as previously stated, charges are based on level of care and length of stay. These prices include well baby care only and additional charges will be added if your baby is cared for in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Receiving care in our Neonatal Unit will also result in a separate bill from Gwinnett Neonatology.

Uninsured patients will be eligible for a total discount of 40% for facility fees only providing payment is posted to your account within 30 days of your discharge date.

Anesthesia will bill separately and often offer discounts if their fee is paid up front. You may contact them directly: American Anesthesiology 866-507-5244.

Physician fees are also separate. If you do not have a physician, you may contact our referral line at 678-312-5000.

Final charges are non-negotiable beyond the 40% discount that is available 30 days post discharge. Personal checks will not be accepted as a form of payment. Payments must be made by credit card or certified funds.

Does anyone have information about Southern Regional (Emory)?

Southern Regional in Riverdale is 6500 womanly and 10k cs.

odtaiwo:
Morning People,

I would start by saying a big thank you to all of you that have contributed...you guys have been invaluable....please dont stop being the wonderful people you guys have been. (Just know there are people like me that have learnt a lot from you people)

It looks like Gwinnett Medical have increased their prices i got this from them last night


[i]Gwinnett Medical Center does not offer package pricing for deliveries.

Prices are based on level of care and length of stay. On average, patients who experience a normal vaginal delivery and remain in our facility for 2 days incur charges from $8,000 to $10,000.

Patients who deliver by caesarian who remain in our facility for 4 days incur charges from $15,000 to $25,000.

Please note that these are estimated charges only and as previously stated, charges are based on level of care and length of stay. These prices include well baby care only and additional charges will be added if your baby is cared for in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Receiving care in our Neonatal Unit will also result in a separate bill from Gwinnett Neonatology.

Uninsured patients will be eligible for a total discount of 40% for facility fees only providing payment is posted to your account within 30 days of your discharge date.

Anesthesia will bill separately and often offer discounts if their fee is paid up front. You may contact them directly: American Anesthesiology 866-507-5244.

Physician fees are also separate. If you do not have a physician, you may contact our referral line at 678-312-5000.

Final charges are non-negotiable beyond the 40% discount that is available 30 days post discharge. Personal checks will not be accepted as a form of payment. Payments must be made by credit card or certified funds.

Does anyone have information about Southern Regional (Emory)?

Seshmemon:


Yes it was a very stressful time after the Poe experience......

Hmmmmm, Thank you for all this information.

pattyreal:


Dunno if dese banks nid u 2 b an acct holder ooo. Using UBA cos i'm an acc holder. Bt dey wn't sell 2 u if u dn't hv ur travel ticket & ur visa. Bt wen r u leavn naija cos ma Aboki said dollar will come dwn by 1st week of jan. I'm chilling till den sha.

Patty if oil prices don't change d naira will continue to fall o. I never get visa n ticket dats why I am chilling. Thanks for d priceless info.

Babatwi:
Pls i am travelling in mid Dec and i intend to use MIHS Phoenix. I tried booking an appiontment with them via email,but they said i could only book an appointment tru phone, if i do this i wont have any corespondence to show the POE officer if they demand for doctors appointment evidence at POE
Pls members what is youradvice o
Abeg una answer me o,i take God beg una o.

You have to call to book an appointment and dey will send an email confirmation. But with other mamas experiences its best u contact a doc that will give u a formal correspondence. Theirs jusy has a date and ur name...not too detailed.

Google search email correspondence on this ygread for more info.

Dear Mothers and mums to be, flew into US yesterday Hmmmm POEs are not smiling oo, I will advise we say the truth and put God first, mine experience ws a testimony will share soon, abeg some minutes.

Good morning guys, for those who intend to travel before the end of the year i suggest you buy ur dollars ASAP as dollar exchange rate is heading for =N=200 per dollar. as at this morning it is =N=177.8 to a dollar.

Heliano:
Dear Mothers and mums to be, flew into US yesterday Hmmmm POEs are not smiling oo, I will advise we say the truth and put God first, mine experience ws a testimony will share soon, abeg some minutes.

It is well, thank God u pulled through. I'm really interested in your experience. As i have somebody who wants to go to Philadelphia.
Thanks.

raii:


You have to call to book an appointment and dey will send an email confirmation. But with other mamas experiences its best u contact a doc that will give u a formal correspondence. Theirs jusy has a date and ur name...not too detailed.

Google search email correspondence on this ygread for more info.

@ raii Thanks for the info will do just that

sayoberry:


yes it did. thanks.... just that in this case im the major sponsor. so im thinking of putting "we re capable"

I dn't tink u need a letter if u r sponsoring urself. Simply tell dem dat. I did use ma hubby's statement of acc cos ma own no carry weight @ all & he's d one sponsoring. Since its u den no need. I stand corrected sha

uchetobi:


Americans write month before date (for date of birth)

So it's 12/25/1985 for 25th of dec 1985

Thanks! Another lesson learnt.

Meanwhile I have been sent a copy of the form by email last night, better I go with the flow but unfortunately I just got to London this morning- No access to printer and scanner.

Will have to pause till i get back to naija on Sunday be that.