Just me -- Dr. John W. Baker in Little Rock, Arkansas has a cash pay option for under $13,000. My open RNY was 9-24-02, down 60 pounds, and no complications. His record is phenomenal and the man knows his stuff. I sure wish I had had a friend like you for my surgery fees! I'm gonna be paying it off for the next 5 years :-) Good luck and what a great thing you are doing.