Iowa Weight Loss Specialists
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What is Iowa Weight Loss Specialists?
Iowa Weight Loss Specialists is a bariatric practice with its main office in Des Moines and offices in Ames, Belmond, Fort Dodge, Garner, and West Des Moines. Its best-known work is surgical. It offers gastric sleeve surgery, which its surgical page says is led by bariatric surgeon Dr. Todd Eibes, MD, FACS. It also runs a non-surgical medical weight loss program, and that is the part most cash-pay patients will be weighing.
The medical program combines prescription medication with nutrition coaching, behavioral support, and follow-up. The medications it names are Ozempic®, Phentermine, Wegovy®, Zepbound®, and Saxenda®. The program is described as led by a team of nurse practitioners, registered dietitians, and mental health therapists, but no individual prescriber is named. Telehealth is offered to patients living in Iowa. The clinic describes the program as designed to help patients achieve and maintain a healthier weight without weight loss surgery.
Its fine print describes the clinics as municipally owned public entities licensed as Critical Access Hospitals in Iowa. Google lists it at 4.8 from 236 reviews, under the category Medical clinic.
This listing is for its Garner office at 840 US-18.
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices for medical weight loss. It gives no consultation fee, does not say whether medication is included in any price, and does not state whether it accepts insurance. It also does not describe membership terms or cancellation and commitment terms for the program.
The clinic's listed number for scheduling is 515-327-2000. Ask for the full cost of the first visit and of each month of care before you book, and ask for it in writing if you can. If you plan to use insurance, ask directly whether your visits are covered and what you would pay if they are not.
What should you ask before you book?
Start with who signs the prescription. Ask whether that person is a physician, a nurse practitioner, or someone else, and ask for their name, since none is published. Then ask whether the monthly fee includes the medication or whether the drug is billed separately. Ask whether the medicines are brand-name products like Wegovy® or Zepbound®, and whether the program uses any compounded medication at all.
Ask what follow-up visits and lab work cost, and whether they are part of the monthly price. If you live in Iowa but far from an office, ask what a telehealth visit costs and whether it is the same program. Finally, ask how you cancel and whether you must commit to a set number of months.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you live in Iowa, want a non-surgical medical program with prescription options, and are comfortable calling for prices before you commit. If you need the monthly cost, the medication terms, and the cancellation policy in writing before you pick up the phone, expect to ask for them directly.
Sources: iowaweightloss.com/services/medical-weight-loss, iowaweightloss.com
Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off Iowa Weight Loss Specialists’s own website on 2026-10-15. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “Use of FDA-approved weight loss medications when appropriate” source
We have not yet collected published prices or prescriber credentials for this clinic. When we do, they will appear here with a link to the page they came from — or a note saying the clinic publishes none, which is itself worth knowing. Call them for a price in the meantime.
Hours
Mo-Fr 08:00-16:30