Barix Clinics of Michigan
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What is Barix Clinics of Michigan?
Barix Clinics of Michigan is a bariatric surgery hospital in Ypsilanti, at 135 South Prospect St., with over thirty years performing weight loss surgeries in southeast Michigan. Its main work is surgical: gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, adjustable gastric band, and bariatric reconstructive surgery after major weight loss, along with revision procedures for patients who've had surgery before. Alongside that, it offers what it calls non-surgical weight loss solutions, with consults and ongoing care from internal medicine physicians who specialize in weight loss treatment. Medications named in connection with that side of the practice include Wegovy (semaglutide), Zepbound or Mounjaro (tirzepatide), Saxenda (liraglutide), Jardiance (empagliflozin), Contrave (bupropion-naltrexone), and Xenical or Alli (orlistat). The clinic is open weekdays, 9 to 5. If you're coming from outside Ypsilanti, it describes itself as a close commute from Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Columbus.
What does it cost?
No prices are published for either the surgical programs or the medication-based weight loss option. There's no stated consultation fee, no figure for what a month of injection or medication management would run, and nothing on whether insurance is accepted for any part of the program. If you call, ask directly what the consultation costs, whether that fee is credited toward anything later, and how billing works for the medical weight loss track versus surgery, since insurance often covers bariatric surgery under medical criteria but not the newer medications.
What should you ask before you book?
Ask who actually prescribes the weight loss medications, since the website names internal medicine physicians generally but no individual prescriber is listed for you to check. Ask whether a monthly or program fee, if one exists, includes the cost of the drug itself, or whether that's billed separately through a pharmacy. Ask whether the medications dispensed are brand-name versions like Wegovy and Zepbound or compounded equivalents, since the names listed are brand products but compounding isn't addressed either way. Find out whether insurance is billed for the surgical consult, the medical weight loss visits, or neither. And since the clinic's identity is built around in-person surgical care, ask plainly whether the non-surgical medication program is run in person, by telehealth, or some combination, since that isn't stated.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you're seriously considering bariatric surgery, including sleeve, bypass, or band procedures, or possibly reconstructive surgery afterward, and want a program built around that as its core service rather than a side offering. It's a less natural fit if what you actually want is a straightforward injection-only prescribing relationship, since that program here sits inside a hospital whose main identity and decades of experience are surgical, and its medication pricing and prescriber details aren't laid out for you to compare ahead of time.
Sources: barixclinics.com/bariatric-surgery-michigan, barixclinics.com/medical-weight-loss-solutions
Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off Barix Clinics of Michigan’s own website on 2026-10-10. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “Wegovy ® (semaglutide)” 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
openingHours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00