Great River Health
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What is Great River Health?
Great River Health is a regional health system with offices in West Burlington, Fort Madison, Mount Pleasant, Keokuk, New London, Wapello and Winfield, Iowa. It runs three hospital campuses and more than 30 primary and specialty clinics, and it describes serving Southeast Iowa, Western Illinois and Northeast Missouri. Weight management is one service among many, alongside family medicine, cardiology and women's health. Within weight management it offers bariatric surgery, nutrition counseling with registered dietitian nutritionists, and a six-month physician-supervised program called Operation Transformation. Dr. Michael AbouAssaly and Dr. Clyde Grady are the physicians named for that program and are the prescribers listed. It also uses FDA-approved hormone replacement therapy for menopause care.
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices for weight loss or hormone therapy, and it does not state a consultation fee. Operation Transformation has no published cost. It accepts insurance and bills your insurance company directly. It does not say whether medication is included in any fee. For the cost of bariatric surgery, call Patient Financial Services at 319.768.3625, option 2. The main number is 319.768.1000.
What should you ask before you book?
Ask who signs the hormone therapy prescription, since it does not name a hormone prescriber and does not say which clinician handles that care. Ask whether medication is included in any program fee, and which medications, if any, are used for weight management, because no specific medication is named. Ask what Operation Transformation costs in total, whether insurance covers any part of it, and what the monthly weigh-ins cost after the six months, since it says they continue at no cost. Ask what lab work and follow-up visits cost. It lists telemedicine among its services but does not describe how it works, so ask whether any visits can be done remotely. If you are considering bariatric surgery, ask which entry criteria apply to you. The program lists age 18 or older and body mass index thresholds of 35 with health issues or 40 or greater.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you want an in-person, physician-supervised program with a set schedule of visits, classes and coaching, and you are willing to confirm insurance and costs before you book. If you need a published price for hormone therapy or a telehealth option, call first and ask.
Sources: greatriverhealth.org, greatriverhealth.org/health-services/weight-loss, greatriverhealth.org/news/releases/menopausehrt, greatriverhealth.org/patients-visitors/billing-financial-services/price-transparency
Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off Great River Health’s own website on 2026-10-19. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “If you're interested in losing weight, Great River Health offers a physician-supervised program that can help you on your journey—and regain control of your life.” source
- ✓Hormone therapy — listed on their site as “Which is why Great River Health uses FDA-approved hormone replacement therapy, which means treatments are carefully regulated, consistently dosed, and backed by scientific research.” 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.