Total Weight Loss
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What is Total Weight Loss?
Total Weight Loss is the weight management program of NKC Health, at 2790 Clay Edwards Drive, Ste. 600. Its main focus is surgical weight loss, and it also offers a nonsurgical medical weight loss option for people who are not ready for bariatric surgery. Its listed services are medical weight loss, surgical weight loss, body composition, indirect calorimetry and a Tanita body composition scale.
Indirect calorimetry is a 10 minute breathing test that measures how many calories the body burns at rest, and it is repeated during the program. The care team includes physicians, dietitians, nurses, psychologists and fitness professionals. The program has been helping patients since 2012. Its surgeons are board-certified and have performed more than 2,000 surgeries. The center is accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program and is an American College of Surgeons Surgical Quality Partner. Google shows a 4.8 rating from 136 reviews.
No prescribing physician is named for the medical plan, and no medications are named.
This listing is for its Platte City office at 2600 Running Horse Rd.
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices for medical weight loss. There is no consultation fee, no monthly rate, and no statement about whether medication is included.
The fitness center that comes with the program does publish prices. The first month is free, an initial assessment with a health and wellness trainer is $25, and sessions of 5 to 30 minutes with a trainer are $50 each. Fitness classes cost an extra fee, and no amount is given for them.
On insurance, the program says: "NKC Health accepts many insurance plans." For bariatric surgery, insurance coordinators work with your insurer to determine your benefits. For medical weight loss, you are advised to call your insurer to verify benefits, and the office will submit the claim for you. Whether insurance covers medical weight loss is not stated. Bariatric supplements are typically not covered. For surgery, financing information is linked, but no terms are given.
What should you ask before you book?
Ask who the prescribing physician is, and whether you will meet that person before any prescription is written. Ask which medications the medical plan uses, and whether they are brand-name or compounded. Ask whether a monthly fee includes the medication, and what the first consultation costs. Ask what follow-up visits, repeat calorimetry, body composition checks and lab work cost. If you choose the surgical path, ask whether the dietitian's meal plan is included and whether the recommended bariatric vitamins must be bought through the clinic's online store. Ask whether telehealth is offered and what the office hours are, since neither is listed. Ask your insurer whether medical weight loss visits are covered, and ask how cancellation and refunds work.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you are weighing bariatric surgery or a nonsurgical medical option within the same program, and you are ready to confirm the prescriber, the medication, the monthly cost and your insurance coverage before you commit. If you need published prices or a named prescriber before you call, you will have to ask for them.
Sources: nkchealth.org/find-a-service/total-weight-loss, nkchealth.org/find-a-service/total-weight-loss/weight-loss-options, nkchealth.org/find-a-service/total-weight-loss/obesity-metabolism
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What we confirmed
Read off Total Weight Loss’s own website on 2026-10-12. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “The Total Weight Loss Center offers a nonsurgical option for patients who are not ready for bariatric surgery.” 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.