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Surgical Weight Loss Center
Why Choose Us for Your Lap-Band Surgery?

HealthGrades recently ranked Community Hospital number 3 in Colorado for general surgery in 2012, which places us among the top 10 percent in the nation for general surgery in 2012!

When you choose Community Hospital you get:
  • The only five-star rated hospital in the region* for GI procedures and surgeries.
  • The only five-star rated hospital in the region* for total knee and total hip replacement surgery.

*Region is Grand Junction as defined by the federal government's Office of Management and Budget.
Community Hospital’s Surgical Weight Loss Center (SWLC) offers you a team of experienced, compassionate professionals specializing in Lap-Band surgery.

Adults with a BMI of 30-40 may now qualify for the Lap-Band procedure. Click here for more information.

We are happy to answer your questions and start the process to determine whether surgical weight loss is right for you. Please call us at (970) 242-9123.

Eligibility for Lap-Band Surgery
Our program follows the National Institutes of Health guidelines, which includes the Body Mass Index (BMI) to determine a patient's eligibility for surgery. BMI measures weight in relation to height.
Click here for more information regarding our program and eligibility for surgery.
Jennifer Schreiner enjoys a healthier, happier life after losing more than 80 lbs, with Lap-Band surgery.

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Our discounted self-pay Lap-Band Surgery price of $12,750* (all covered services must be performed at Community Hospital) includes:
  • Behavioral Health testing and counseling prior to surgery
  • Nutritional counseling prior to surgery

  • Exercise physiology counseling prior to surgery

  • Surgeon, anesthesia and facility fee

  • Behavioral Health counseling for 90 day period following surgery, as needed

  • Nutritional counseling for 90 day period following surgery, as needed

  • Exercise physiology counseling for 90 day period following surgery, as needed

  • Post surgical visit with surgeon

  • Free fills for 90 days following surgery

  • 90 day membership to Gold’s Gym, with two personal trainer visits, if patient enrolls within 6 months of surgery
  • Unlimited participation before and after surgery in support group meetings held monthly

Not included in the self-pay discounted price:
The initial screening assessment by the surgeon which is done to make sure the patient is a good candidate for surgery. The cost of this visit is $230.

Payment of the discounted cash price of $12,750* is due in full prior to surgery.

*Please note this is an outpatient procedure price which includes only the above. If additional (non-routine) testing is required, i.e. due to a specific health condition, or there are complications requiring additional care and/or admission to the hospital there may be additional charges.
Please take a minute to get to know our surgical weight loss team. These experts include surgeons, nutritionists and counselors ready to provide wrap-around services and support for you and your family. This includes pre-operative and post-operative surgical care, pre-operative and post-operative psychological and nutritional counseling, financial conferencing, educational seminars and unlimited participation in support group meetings for those who have had the surgery and those considering it.

For those whose insurance may not cover the surgery, we offer our patients a very competitive self-pay discounted price of $12,750.

Our program works with local surgeon, Dr. Andrew Morse of Surgical Associates of Western Colorado.