Baptist Weight-Loss Center

About Baptist Weight-Loss Center

What is Baptist Weight-Loss Center?

Baptist Weight-Loss Center is a weight management program within Baptist Health Care, a not-for-profit health care organization in Northwest Florida. It has one listed office at 125 Baptist Way, Suite 2C, Pensacola, FL 32503, and its phone number is 448.227.6250. Consultations are on the second floor of the Bear Family Foundation Health Center, on the new Baptist Hospital campus.

The center is mainly a bariatric practice, but it also offers non-surgical care. Its listed services are sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, bariatric revision surgery, non-surgical weight-loss options, dietitian care, support groups and medication. It names four weight-loss medications: Contrave, Saxenda, Wegovy and Ozempic. Three clinicians are listed as prescribers: Asahel Gridley, M.D., M.D.; James Cassiano, M.D., M.D.; and Thea Nobles, PA-C, PA-C. The center says it is accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program and holds a Blue Distinction Center+ designation from Florida Blue for bariatric surgery. Telehealth is not mentioned, and no hours are listed.

This listing is for its Pensacola office at 125 Baptist Wy.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices. There is no consultation fee, no monthly figure and no price for surgery or medication. The center says cost varies by procedure and by insurance policy, but it gives no amounts. In its own words: "We accept many insurance providers." It does not name which insurers it takes, so patients are asked to call 448.227.6250 to check. Whether a monthly fee would include medication is not stated. Cash-pay terms, financing, membership terms and cancellation policy are not stated either.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask which of the three listed prescribers would write and renew your medication, and how often you would see that person. Ask whether any fee includes the medication, and what each of the four named medications would cost you if your plan does not cover it. Ask whether any of the medication is compounded rather than a brand-name product. For surgery, ask for the full cost, including pre-surgery visits and follow-up. Ask what dietitian sessions, follow-up visits and lab work cost, and whether those are billed separately. Ask whether any visits can be done by video and what the office hours are. If there is a membership or prepaid plan, ask how cancellation and refunds work before you pay.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want surgical and non-surgical weight management under one hospital-affiliated roof, and you plan to use insurance or check your coverage before committing. If you need a published price list before your first call, you will have to ask for the numbers directly.

Sources: ebaptisthealthcare.org/weightloss, ebaptisthealthcare.org/weightloss/options, ebaptisthealthcare.org/weightloss/our-center, ebaptisthealthcare.org/weightloss/faq

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