Insurance Information 

Our surgeons and medical center are in-network providers for most insurance plans. Insurance benefits and criteria for weight loss surgery can vary greatly by plan and by employer. We will verify benefits and criteria specific to your plan. Most insurance companies base their criteria on the NIH guidelines:

    * BMI of 40 or greater

    * BMI of 35-40 with significant co-morbidity

    * Documented dietary attempts ineffective

    * Multi-disciplinary team approach

    * Life-long medical surveillance

These requirements only apply if surgery is a covered benefit under your policy. Some policies have exclusions which means your insurance plan does not cover these services.

Below is a list of insurances that we have found that cover surgical weight loss procedures. There are thousands of insurance companies. If your particular insurance company is not listed below, it does not necessarily mean that it is not a covered benefit for your plan. Every insurance company will have its own medical criteria you must meet before they approve gastric bypass surgery:

• Aetna

• Accordia

• Altius Federal

• Blue Cross of California

• Blue Cross of Idaho

• Blue Cross Federal

• Blue Cross of Wyoming

• Blue Cross (most out of state plans)

• Benefit Planners

• Cigna

• Coresource

• Deseret Mutual (DMBA)

• Eighth Distric Electrical

• Empire Blue Cross

• Employee Benefits Management (EBMS)

• First Health

• GEHA

• Great West Life

• JAS Administrators

• Mailhandlers

• Medicaid of Utah

• Medicare

• Molina

• Healthy U

• Mutual of Omaha

• Newmont Gold

• Principal

• Provident

• Prudential

• State Farm

• Teamsters

• Thiokol

• Tricare

• United Health Care

• United Postal Workers

• Value Care (University of Utah Group)