Pricing
Surgical patients at Melbourne Weight Loss Surgery are required to have private health insurance which includes cover for bariatric procedures in a private hospital setting.
Melbourne Weight Loss Surgery acknowledges the importance of long term follow up which is why our surgery price includes:
Long term follow up with your
- surgeon
- dietitian
- practice nurse
Some patients may also require an appointment with:
- A weight management physician.
- A specialist physician – particularly those with other serious health issues
Please contact the main rooms on (03) 9416 4418 to obtain an estimated quote for weight loss surgery.
Revision weight loss surgery – How much does it cost?
Revision surgery (patients who have had a previous weight loss procedure) is typically a more complex procedure. Each patient and each procedure is different, therefore it can be difficult to give general information under these circumstances.
No Private Health Insurance
In some circumstances after initial consultation and discussion with the surgeon, self-funding may be considered.
Self funding is associated with high costs which include; hospital fees, theatre fees, surgical equipment, surgeon and anaesthetic costs; and in some circumstances an ICU bed. The fees for these services can be difficult to definitively predict and can ultimately amount to many tens of thousands of dollars.
We recommend patients obtain the required level of private health insurance and serve the funds respective waiting period (for specific waiting period details, please discuss this with your health fund of choice). Whilst many patients may find the typical 12 month waiting period disheartening, it is still a considerably faster route to surgery than proceeding through the public system, where the waiting period is often many years.
For patients who wish to have their procedure in the public system, a referral will need to be sourced from their GP to a public hospital which provides a weight loss service.
The fax numbers for the public clinics which we have experience with are:
- Box Hill Hospital Weight Loss Surgery Clinic (03) 9895 4852
- St Vincent’s Hospital Metabolic Clinic (03) 9231 3221
- Alfred Hospital Bariatric Clinic (03) 9076 6938
