Weight loss · surgery cost
Gastric balloon cost without insurance
A temporary balloon placed in the stomach to help a person feel full, later removed.
General information, not medical advice. Last reviewed: pending clinical review.
Programs that take patients without insurance publish one “self-pay package” price for the procedure. What is inside that price differs from program to program, so every price here is shown with what its page says it covers and leaves out.
Not enough prices for a typical range yet
We give a typical range once 4 local programs have a standing published price. For now: 7 published self-pay prices from 4 programs, from $4,000 to $7,500 — the span of what those pages print, not a typical cost.
Checked against their sources
Published gastric balloon prices
7 self-pay package prices from 4 programs, A to Z, each as its own page printed it — the newest seen October 11, 2026. Every price is for the procedure as a package, once.
- everself.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026
Everself (Bariendo Inc.)$7,495Chain · sells nationally
Chain · sells nationally
$7,495
Includes: 12 months of weight care (dietitian, support groups, on-call, smart scale, blood test, IV therapy)
Does not include: Prescriptions; removal not explicitly mentioned
everself.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026 - ibiclinic.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026
IBI Healthcare Institute$6,999–$7,499Practice · Atlanta, GAwith a condition
Practice · Atlanta, GA
$6,999Orberawith a condition
Conditions: Limited-time special (struck-through price $7,900)
Includes: Labelled all-inclusive 6-month balloon program
ibiclinic.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026$7,499Spatzwith a condition
Conditions: Limited-time special (struck-through price $9,000)
Includes: Labelled all-inclusive; landing page says initial consultation, pre-procedure nutritional support, all fees and 24/7 staff access
Does not include: Extra nutritional coaching sold separately
ibiclinic.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026 - journeylite.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026
JourneyLite$4,000–$7,500Practice · Cincinnati, OHwith a condition
Practice · Cincinnati, OH
$4,000Allurionwith a condition
Conditions: Limited-time price; regular price $5,000
journeylite.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026$7,500Orbera
journeylite.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026$6,500Spatzwith a condition
Conditions: Limited-time price; regular price $7,500
Does not include: Balloon adjustment listed separately at $750
journeylite.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026 - nicholsonclinic.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026
Nicholson Clinicfrom $7,000Practice · Plano, TX'As low as'
Practice · Plano, TX
from $7,000Orbera
Conditions: 'As low as'
Includes: Initial consultation and monthly follow-up visits for 12 months after insertion; surgical fee covering placement and removal; day-surgery-center fee; anesthesiologist fee for removal; one dietitian visit
Does not include: Post-operative blood work and prescriptions
nicholsonclinic.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026
What’s included
What a self-pay package includes
Counted across the 7 published prices above: how many pages say each item is in the price, how many say it is not, and how many do not say. Where pages speak of them, they all include: first consultation.
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Also done through the mouth
Endoscopic sleeve: published prices
A procedure done through the mouth that stitches the stomach from the inside into a narrower shape. General information, not medical advice. Last reviewed: pending clinical review.
- everself.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026
Everself (Bariendo Inc.)$12,995Chain · sells nationallyOne listed price for all locations
Chain · sells nationally
$12,995
Conditions: One listed price for all locations
Includes: 12 months of weight care: dietitian consultations, support groups, 24/7 clinical on-call, smart scale, comprehensive blood test, post-procedure IV therapy
Does not include: Prescriptions; facility and anesthesia are not itemised on the page
everself.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026 - ibiclinic.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026
IBI Healthcare Institute$9,499Practice · Atlanta, GAwith a condition
Practice · Atlanta, GA
$9,499with a condition
Conditions: Limited-time special (struck-through price $12,000); consultation and deposit to lock in
Includes: Labelled all-inclusive; six months of post-procedure follow-up
ibiclinic.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026
What the federal sources say about balloons
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases says FDA has approved several temporary weight-loss devices, including gastric balloon systems that are removed after six months to a year, and that their long-term risks and benefits are not known. (NIDDK: weight-loss (metabolic and bariatric) surgery, last reviewed September 2020.) Whether a procedure is right for a person is a decision for that person and a clinician.
- The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases says FDA has approved several temporary weight-loss devices, including gastric balloon systems that are removed after six months to a year, and that their long-term risks and benefits are not known.Source: NIDDK: weight-loss (metabolic and bariatric) surgery (opens in a new tab), last reviewed September 2020. Checked October 11, 2026.
Which balloon systems are FDA-approved today we could not confirm from an FDA page; a program can say which system it places.
Will insurance or Medicare cover it?
A self-pay package is what a program charges when insurance does not pay. Medicare’s national coverage determination lists the gastric balloon for treatment of obesity among the procedures it does not cover. (CMS National Coverage Determination 100.1, bariatric surgery, version 5, effective 09/24/2013.)
- Medicare’s national coverage determination lists the gastric balloon for treatment of obesity among the procedures it does not cover.Source: CMS National Coverage Determination 100.1, bariatric surgery (opens in a new tab), version 5, effective 09/24/2013. Checked October 11, 2026.
- IRS Publication 502 says weight-loss costs can be included as medical expenses only when the weight loss is a treatment for a disease diagnosed by a physician, such as obesity, and that prescribed medicines can be included.Source: IRS Publication 502, Medical and Dental Expenses (opens in a new tab), Publication 502 (2025), for 2025 returns. Checked October 11, 2026.
Questions people ask about gastric balloon cost
3 questions, each answered from the prices on this page.
- How much is gastric balloon without insurance?
- The 7 published self-pay prices we have checked, from 4 programs, run from $4,000 to $7,500. That is the span of what these pages print, not a typical cost: we give a typical range only once four local programs have a standing price. Every published price
- What does a self-pay gastric balloon package include?
- Among the packages that say, the ones on this page most often state that these are included: first consultation. Anything a page does not mention is counted as not stated, never as included. Item by item
- Is the first consultation part of the package price?
- Not always. 3 programs publish a separate self-pay consultation fee, from $195 to $281.45. Consultation fees
Not medical advice. This page is about what things cost. Prices change: the newest here was seen on its source page on October 11, 2026.
What that means, and how we check prices
Not medical advice
This page is about what things cost. It does not say what anyone should take or have done; that is a decision for you and a licensed clinician. Statements from labels and agencies are quoted from the sources linked beside them and have not been clinically reviewed.
Prices change
Every price here is a published price as it was seen on its source page — the newest on October 11, 2026. Sellers change prices and end offers; the seller’s page is the authority.
How we check prices
Each price is read from the seller’s own page and checked against its source before it appears, with the unit it is quoted in and the conditions printed beside it. Published prices are re-checked monthly. How we estimate · How this site works