Obesity: Surgery

(asked on 6th September 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost is of a bariatric operation.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 13th September 2018

NHS Improvement has provided the national average unit cost of delivering bariatric procedures based on the 2016/17 reference costs submitted by providers for elective care. This information is provided in the following table.

Procedure

National Average Unit Cost

Complex Surgical Procedures for Obesity

£4,548

Major Surgical Procedures for Obesity

£4,981

Sleeve Gastrectomy for Obesity

£4,444

Gastric Band Procedures for Obesity

£2,939

Adjustment of Gastric Band for Obesity

£1,870

Reticulating Splines