ALIVA Weight Loss

About ALIVA Weight Loss

What is ALIVA Weight Loss?

ALIVA Weight Loss is a weight loss practice at 4600 Leap Ct., Suite 111, Hilliard, OH 43026. It also serves patients across the greater Columbus area, and its phone line is 614-683-0330. Dr. Krishna Rayapudi, MD, DABOM, is the physician who prescribes. He is board certified in gastroenterology and obesity medicine, and the practice is built around that work. It serves adults 18 and older.

It offers four services. Three are endoscopic procedures, done with a flexible scope inside the stomach without incisions: Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty, Gastric Bypass Revisions (a procedure called TORe, which reduces the outlet of an earlier gastric bypass), and the Orbera Gastric Balloon, a temporary balloon placed by endoscopy. The fourth is Medical Weight Loss, a medication program that names semaglutide and tirzepatide. For people who cannot use GLP-1 therapies, it also lists phentermine-topiramate, naltrexone-bupropion, liraglutide and orlistat as options. All visits can be done by telemedicine. The office is open 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday and closed on weekends. On Google, ALIVA has a 4.8 rating from 44 reviews.

What does it cost?

The medication program lists starting prices of $249 a month for tirzepatide and $199 a month for semaglutide. Those prices carry this note: "Medication pricing may vary based on supplier costs." It does not say whether the starting monthly price includes the medication. The program includes one follow-up appointment and unlimited secure texting with the physician. Additional appointments cost $149, in office or virtual.

The initial consultation is $249 and non-refundable. The first visit is also described as a free confidential consultation elsewhere, so confirm which one you will pay for. All services are cash pay, with financing options available. ALIVA does not publish membership terms or cancellation terms.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask whether the $249 and $199 starting prices include the medication, and what changes when supplier costs move. Ask whether the medication is brand-name or compounded. The program describes its medications as FDA-approved but does not say which form you would receive.

Ask who writes and signs your prescription and how follow-up visits are handled. Ask how the first visit is billed, since the $249 fee and the free consultation wording do not match. Ask what lab work costs and whether any of it is included in the monthly fee. Ask how cancellation works and whether any membership commitment applies. Ask how long the practice has been treating patients, because it does not publish a year it opened.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you are an adult looking for physician-directed, medication-based weight loss, can pay cash or use financing, and are comfortable with some visits done by video. The program lists a usual range for candidates: a BMI of 30 or higher, or 27 or higher with a condition such as Type 2 diabetes or hypertension. Ask how that applies to you before you book. If your care has to run through insurance, this practice is not set up that way.

Sources: alivaweightloss.com, alivaweightloss.com/service/medical-weight-loss

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