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
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
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
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.
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.
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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