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Procedures matching “bariatric”

Average payments per case for about 600 hospital stays and outpatient procedures, at every hospital that treats enough Medicare patients. Search for a surgery or condition, then compare hospitals.

2 procedures

National figures for Medicare patients in 2024. Average payment is what Medicare and the patient paid together per case; the typical range is the middle half of hospitals’ averages. About these numbers

Procedures matching bariatric with national Medicare payments
ProcedureHospitalsCasesAverage paymentTypical rangeAverage billed charge
O.R. procedures for obesity without CC/MCCInpatient stay · MS-DRG 621 · Bariatric surgery, weight-loss surgery, gastric bypass741,084$14,374$12,207–$16,731$73,390
O.R. procedures for obesity with CCInpatient stay · MS-DRG 620 · Bariatric surgery, weight-loss surgery, gastric bypass17247$16,848$15,453–$19,769$94,244