Randolf, why don't you think Cigna approve this or at least part of it? Is Dr. Pettine on your insurance plan? While not ideal, perhaps you can get insurance to cover the most critical levels. Very often insurance companies will be okay with you paying one level out-of-pocket. They just need to be aware of it. This way you save on hospital, anesthesia, etc. You simply pay extra $$ for the device at levels disallowed by insurance and for the extra time of the surgeon.
For me personally, I chose not to fight my insurance as I wrote in my previous posting on this thread. However, it can't hurt to have Dr. Pettine (or the surgeon you choose) find out what they will authorize.
Gene
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Car Accident 2002 - Small Herniated Disc C3/C4
1998 Larger Herniation and Cervical Fusion C3/C4
2005 Herniation C4/C5 - 40 epidural steroid injections from Oct 2005, - Oct, 2007
2008 - Foraminotomy at C6/C7 on left side
Feb, 2010 - Cervical Fusion C4/C5
Dec, 2010 - Lumbar Fusion L3/L5
2013 - Bulge on C5/C6; herniation C6/C7 right side
Mar 26, 2013 - Foraminotomy at C6/C7 on right side
May 5, 2015 - ADR with Dr Blumenthal of TBI for C5/C6 using Mobi-C
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