Every aggregator hides prices behind a form and sells your name to five clinics. Here the ranges are public, the estimator is free, and the quote comes from one person in Medellín who visits the clinics himself.
Typical 2026 ranges, not quotes. Surgeon, facility, and anesthesia included; travel excluded. All 11 procedures
Surgery is the big line, but flights, nights, and recovery care decide the real number. Pick your options and get a range you can plan around.
Surgery + flights + lodging + recovery care, as a range. Takes 20 seconds.
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Colombia pairs a deep bench of board-certified surgeons with private hospital infrastructure that includes six JCI-accredited hospitals. The WHO ranked its health system #22 in the world and #1 in the Western Hemisphere in the 2000 World Health Report. Surgeon fees, facility fees, and anesthesia typically run 40 to 70 percent under US self-pay prices for the same procedure.
The trade-offs are real too: you are 3 to 6 flight hours from home, follow-up happens over WhatsApp and video, and the market has garage clinics alongside world-class ones. Vetting is the whole game, which is why every quote here is tied to a surgeon you can verify in ReTHUS, Colombia's national health-professional registry.
How vetting worksEleven procedures with Colombia and US ranges side by side, on one dollar scale, updated for 2026.
Every quote names a surgeon you can check yourself in ReTHUS and their specialty society.
Lives in Medellín. Walks into clinics. Knows which recovery houses actually have a nurse on site.
One inbox. No lead-selling to five clinics. You decide who you talk to.
No price lock gimmicks, no fake countdowns. A range, a conversation, a quote, a plan.
Full walkthroughUse the estimator or the price page. Ranges are public, no email required.
WhatsApp or email. Photos, goals, health history, dates. Ten minutes of real information.
A named surgeon, a named clinic, an itemized price in USD, and the verification links to check both.
Dates, recovery house, airport pickup, and a same-time-zone contact who speaks the language.
What the surgeon fee covers, what it does not, and why the cheapest quote is usually missing a line.
No appointment, no introductions. What a cold visit tells you that a website never will.
Hospital stay, bariatric team, nutrition follow-up. The items a proper sleeve quote lists, line by line.
The estimator gives you a range. Andy gives you a surgeon, a clinic, and a price. Message him on WhatsApp or send the form.
WhatsApp Andy+1 (614) 607-1230 · andy@colombiamedical.co
Tell Andy what you are considering. He replies personally, usually within a few hours during Colombian business hours.