How to Join

Costs of Joining

Our average member receives $75,000 in insurance coverage for lipedema surgery. Later-stage lipedema surgeries can cost over $150,000. Professional advocacy can be expensive, especially when working with an experienced advocate and can cost over $300 per hour. Because we understand the lipedema coverage process, we can offer an all-inclusive rate of $2,995 for the entire process if using a non-network surgeon and $1,995 if using a network surgeon. There is financing available. If you meet our criteria for joining and follow our guidance, the chances of you getting covered are extremely high. There is no advocacy service like this and even large hospital systems do not know how to properly advocate for lipedema. You should not have to pay for this surgery on your own even if you can find the money. A LCC membership will be the best money you have ever spent and will be life changing!

When Should I Join?

Join as soon as possible. Untreated lipedema can lead to long-term disability and complications. Insurance companies could restrict coverage by changing their policies or reducing their payments to surgeons. Further, as more women learn about lipedema, there will likely be waits of a year or more for every plastic surgeon treating lipedema. We know our process works. If you follow it with the right insurance and surgeon, you will get covered.

How Do I Join?

Your plastic surgeon will provide a link so you can join. We accept all major credit and debit cards and financing is available. After you join, an advocate, who has gone through the process herself, will contact you to help you get started.

Are you Eligible to Join the LLC?

Patients can join the LCC through their surgeon if their:

Insurance is a commercial or federal government PPO

Insurance is from a union-based plan.

Insurance through an HMO, Tricare, Medicare or Medicaid plans might be possible. (Contact us first.)

No EPOs.

Insurance is through a university, school district, hospital system or state employee plan in CA, MD, NY, MA, IL, CO, NM, OR, WA, MN, NC, MI, CT, ME, VT, PA, RI, DE, NM, NE and AZ.

Insurance is through UHC or CIGNA and the employer has a self-funded plan (the human resources department will know this) or located in CA, MD, NY, MA, IL, CO, NM, OR, WA, MN, NC, MI, CT, ME, VT, PA, RI, DE, NM, NE and AZ.

Insurance is through an employer self-funded plan (the human resources department will know this) for more difficult insurers like BCBS LA, BCBS KS, BCBS Kansas City, BCBS MS, BCBS AL, BCBS KS, Horizon BCBS, Independence/IBX BCBS, Highmark BCBS, Wellmark BCBS (SD/Iowa), BCBS ND or Anthem BCBS in VA, NH, WY, WI or OH.

The surgeon’s office is less than an 8-hour drive (unless in rural states like ND, SD, NE, WY, MT, ID, AK) (the further the surgeon, the harder it is to get a network exception).

Not everyone can use the LCC. We want to be honest with patients about age and network issues. The regulatory environment is getting harder. Not all employers or state regulators can or want to help. The federal government, which governs over 70% of employer-based plans as well as Medicare, is becoming less inclined to intervene.