Gastroplasty Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of gastroplasty in Chennai typically ranges from $510 to $4,900 USD (about ₹48,400 to ₹4.65 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for gastroplasty in Chennai is around $1,650 (about ₹1.57 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If your operation is planned, done by keyhole or a standard method, and you go home after a short stay, your bill is likely to be closer to $510 (about ₹48,400). It is likely to be nearer $4,900 (about ₹4.65 lakh) if you need open or robotic surgery, your condition is more complex, you stay longer or you choose a private room.

When comparing Chennai packages for gastroplasty, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Dietitian support
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

Gastroplasty makes the stomach smaller without removing any of it, and today generally means endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), in which the stomach is folded with stitches placed through a tube passed down the mouth.

NICE makes clear that ESG uses an endoscope and a stitching device to fold the stomach, with nothing cut or removed, so it is potentially reversible and most patients leave the same day; it can be used for adults with a BMI of 30 or more, or lower in some ethnic groups.

Vertical banded gastroplasty was an older stomach-stapling operation that ASMBS notes is now done far less frequently, so check which procedure a costing outlines.

ASMBS reports an average loss of 13.6% of total body weight at 12 months in the MERIT trial, which is less than after a surgical sleeve gastrectomy.

It cautions that ESG stitches can complicate later surgery, and that ESG should sit within a full weight management programme.

Fitness to fly: there is no aviation figure specific to this procedure, so fly after the surgeon has reviewed you and ask how to reduce clot risk on a long journey.

In Chennai, the price of gastroplasty is generally built from these parts:

• Tests beforehand: bloods, scans and a check by the anaesthetist.
• Operating theatre and anaesthetic: billed largely on time spent in theatre.
• Specialist fees: which are set by each hospital.
• Surgical approach: open, keyhole or robotic, where more than one is possible.
• Type: endoscopic or older surgical.
• Stay: day case or overnight.
• Assessment: and team reviews.
• Diet programme: and follow-up.

Ask whether the Chennai bariatric package covers pre-surgery tests, dietitian and psychology reviews, the stay, supplements and first-year follow-up.

Weight-loss surgery in Chennai is generally run by a surgeon, a dietitian and a physician together, so ask whether counselling before surgery and dietary follow-up are part of the package.

Hospitals in Chennai can hold NABH accreditation, India's national quality standard set by a board of the Quality Council of India and itself accredited by ISQua, and the NABH website shows whether an accreditation is still valid.

Joint Commission International (JCI) accredits a number of Indian hospitals, and its public directory lets you check whether a Chennai hospital on your shortlist is currently included.

Chennai was called Madras until the Tamil Nadu government changed the name in 1996, so older documents and some hospital paperwork may still use the earlier name.