I live in Texas and my insurance will absolutely not cover anything to do with weight loss. So, I'm looking at taking out a personal loan with my bank so that I can pay for the surgery. I would like to have gastric bypass as I'm 321 and 5'4" and think I'd probably benefit from it the most. Since I will be a self-pay patient, I was wondering if any of you guys that had it done (US only) paid cash and if so how much was it? I know a lot of people go to Mexico, but I am simply not comfortable doing that.

Gastric Bypass Tulsa OK - $17,750 for Hospital (room, anesthesiologist, etc) and $4,450 for surgeon fee. All of the pre-op testing was paid thru my insurance. Sleeve would have been approx. $4,000 less. It would have been about $5,000 cheaper if I traveled to OKC and a little lower if I traveled to Dallas.