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  2. 'I'm an Obesity Doctor, Here's How Much Bariatric Surgery ...

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    How Much Does Bariatric Surgery Cost? Bariatric surgery typically costs between $17,400 and $22,850, according to the study. While that sounds (and is!) pretty steep, it's important to remember ...

  3. The Unexpected Costs of Weight-Loss Surgery - AOL

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    For those burdened by a lifetime of obesity, the cost of weight-loss surgery is well worth it, especially if they are covered by good medical insurance. The gastric bypass, the most popular form ...

  4. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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    Bariatric surgery is the term encompassing all of the surgical treatments for severe obesity, not just gastric bypasses, which make up only one class of such operations. The resulting weight loss, typically dramatic, markedly reduces comorbidities. The long-term mortality rate of gastric bypass patients has been shown to be reduced by up to 40%.

  5. The FDA is about to make weight-loss drugs a lot harder to get

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    The biggest development in weight-loss medicine since bariatric surgery (not to mention less invasive), the medications, which were initially approved to treat type 2 diabetes, have exploded in ...

  6. Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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    Bariatric surgery (also known as metabolic surgery or weight loss surgery) is a surgical procedure used to manage obesity and obesity-related conditions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Long term weight loss with bariatric surgery may be achieved through alteration of gut hormones, physical reduction of stomach size ( stomach reduction surgery ), [ 3 ] reduction ...

  7. Bundled payment - Wikipedia

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    [5] [14] Authors from the Institute claimed that its approach "maintain[ed] a high quality of care" while lowering costs (in 1985, the flat fee for coronary artery bypass surgery at the institute was $13,800 as opposed to the average Medicare payment of $24,588).