Public tariffs, separately identified private published prices and public waiting times for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, drawn from government schedules, hospital price publications and waiting-time registries (cutoff: 2026-10-19).
What a complete procedure typically includes
Our reference definition covers: surgeon, anaesthesia, facility, routine admission, routine follow-up. It excludes: revision, complications, long-term supplements. Note: Government tariff codes below follow each country’s own billing rules and may exclude implants, doctor fees, or follow-up care—check each country card for what is included.
Public tariffs are not private cash prices: Public-tariff rows show what a government health system (such as the UK NHS, US Medicare, or French public insurance) pays a hospital or doctor—not what you pay out of pocket as a private patient.
Published private packages are separate from public tariffs: Private packages carry their hospital name and published scope. Check whether the price is partial or hospital-wide: Some schedules publish a single hospital payment, while others (like US Medicare) split the doctor’s fee and the hospital facility fee into separate rows. We never add separate fees together.
Two different ways countries measure waiting times: Some countries report how long people currently on the waiting list have been waiting so far (e.g., Spain), while others report the total wait for patients who already had their procedure (e.g., Poland, Denmark).
Official benchmarks with unverified episode equivalence do not establish the cost of the complete procedure. Historical periods do not describe current appointment availability.
What the public health system pays (official tariff)
4,667,700 CLP (single published tariff, n=1)Local currency only (no ECB USD rate) — ECB does not publish CLP/USD ratesWhat Chile’s public system (FONASA) sets for the full PAD packageOfficial government source (L2)Total bundled package price including follow-up (before the patient’s copay discount) · Schedule: 2026Source: Chile FONASA (Official Tariff Schedule)
PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME
— Not yet in our official snapshot for Chile
Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution
public_tariff · PAD total package tariff including follow-up; not the beneficiary copayment · code 2501059 · source period 2026 · Episode equivalence: unverified
Original: min 4,667,700 · p25 4,667,700 · median 4,667,700 · p75 4,667,700 · max 4,667,700 CLP · n=1
USD: unavailable
USD missing: 1 observationsNo dated FX rate available for CLP on 2026-10-14; we never use estimated or undated exchange rates.Source period: 2026 · Captured: 2026-10-14T21:02:52.207ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None
What the public health system pays (official tariff)
$2,535.21 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (400,500 JPY)What the public health system pays (official tariff)Official government source (L2)Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy without concurrent bypass; operation fee only · Schedule: 2026-06-01Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)
PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME
— Not yet in our official snapshot for Japan
Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution
public_tariff · Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy without concurrent bypass; operation fee only · code K656-2:1 · source period 2026-06-01 · Episode equivalence: unverified
Original: min 400,500 · p25 400,500 · median 400,500 · p75 400,500 · max 400,500 JPY · n=1
USD: min 2,535.21 · p25 2,535.21 · median 2,535.21 · p75 2,535.21 · max 2,535.21 USD · n=1
National insured-care operation tariff component. Not a complete episode or a self-pay/medical-tourist quote. Anaesthesia, inpatient basic fees, separately billable implants/materials, drugs, tests, supplements and follow-up are not added. Standard K082 replacement is separate from K081 hemiarthroplasty and K082-3 revision. No FX conversion applied.
What the public health system pays (official tariff)
$975.18 USD median (typical range p25–p75: 945.21–1,027.92 USD across 109 observations)What US Medicare pays the doctor (surgeon fee only)Official government source (L2)Doctor’s professional fee only — excludes hospital room, anaesthesia, and implant · Schedule: 2026-01Source: US Medicare (CMS Physician Fee Schedule)
PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME
— Not yet in our official snapshot for United States
Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution
public_tariff · PFS professional fee in facility; non-QP; excludes hospital, anaesthesia and implant · code 43775 · source period 2026-01 · Episode equivalence: unverified
Original: min 871.7 · p25 945.21 · median 975.18 · p75 1,027.92 · max 1,275.24 USD · n=109
USD: min 871.7 · p25 945.21 · median 975.18 · p75 1,027.92 · max 1,275.24 USD · n=109
Countries in the index without official data for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy yet: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, Malaysia, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Thailand, Türkiye.
Visual comparison by payer context
Public payment tariffs · United States · PFS professional fee in facility; non-QP; excludes hospital, anaesthesia and implant · 2026-01 · USD
Each row is a separate published payment series, not a clinical ranking or a complete procedure quote. Solid teal bars indicate public hospital/episode tariffs; dashed amber bars indicate public doctor-only professional fees; purple bars indicate private published prices.
Public payment tariffs · Japan · Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy without concurrent bypass; operation fee only · 2026-06-01 · JPY
Each row is a separate published payment series, not a clinical ranking or a complete procedure quote. Solid teal bars indicate public hospital/episode tariffs; dashed amber bars indicate public doctor-only professional fees; purple bars indicate private published prices.View price charts in original national currencies (JPY)
Each row retains its own payment scope and source period.
Public payment tariffs · Chile · PAD total package tariff including follow-up; not the beneficiary copayment · 2026 · CLP
No dated USD conversions in this snapshot. Each row is a separate published payment series, not a clinical ranking or a complete procedure quote. Solid teal bars indicate public hospital/episode tariffs; dashed amber bars indicate public doctor-only professional fees; purple bars indicate private published prices. Not plotted on USD axis: Chile (4,667,700 CLP — no dated ECB USD rate). Expand local-currency charts below.
View price charts in original national currencies (CLP)
Each row retains its own payment scope and source period.
Original currency and USD distributions; waits retain their published statistic and population. n counts observations, not patients.
Country / source scope
Distribution or reported wait
Evidence and dates
Argentina
— No observations in snapshot
Australia
— No observations in snapshot
Belgium
— No observations in snapshot
Brazil
— No observations in snapshot
Canada
— No observations in snapshot
Chilepublic_tariff · PAD total package tariff including follow-up; not the beneficiary copayment · code 2501059 · source period 2026
public_tariff · PAD total package tariff including follow-up; not the beneficiary copayment · code 2501059 · source period 2026 · Episode equivalence: unverified
Original: min 4,667,700 · p25 4,667,700 · median 4,667,700 · p75 4,667,700 · max 4,667,700 CLP · n=1
USD: unavailable
USD missing: 1 observationsNo dated FX rate available for CLP on 2026-10-14; we never use estimated or undated exchange rates.Source period: 2026 · Captured: 2026-10-14T21:02:52.207ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None
National insured-care operation tariff component. Not a complete episode or a self-pay/medical-tourist quote. Anaesthesia, inpatient basic fees, separately billable implants/materials, drugs, tests, supplements and follow-up are not added. Standard K082 replacement is separate from K081 hemiarthroplasty and K082-3 revision. No FX conversion applied.
CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC). “CareFare Global Health Index: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.” Version 1; evidence capture cutoff 2026-10-15. https://carefareglobal.com/index/sleeve-gastrectomy. Accessed: [YYYY-MM-DD: fill in access date].
BibTeX
@misc{carefare_health_index__index_sleeve_gastrectomy,
author = {{CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC)}},
title = {CareFare Global Health Index: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy},
publisher = {CareFare Global Health Index},
version = {1},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://carefareglobal.com/index/sleeve-gastrectomy},
urldate = {YYYY-MM-DD},
note = {Evidence capture cutoff: 2026-10-15. Fill in urldate before reuse; cite also the original source and source period.}
}
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