Summa Health Weight Management Institute
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What is Summa Health Weight Management Institute?
Summa Health Weight Management Institute is a weight management program run by Summa Health, a health system, at 141 N. Forge St. in Akron, Ohio 44304. It is mainly a physician-supervised program built around medical and surgical weight loss, with behavioral health and patient resources alongside. Each patient is supervised by either a board-certified obesity medicine physician or a board-certified fellowship-trained minimally invasive bariatric surgeon. Advanced practice providers, nurses, bariatric clinical dietitians, psychologists and an exercise physiologist support the team. The program does not say which physician would prescribe for you, so ask that on your first call.
In its own words: "Our program offers a wide range of lifestyle and behavioral medical weight loss options and surgical weight loss options for those patients who have not been successful using medical management strategies alone."
The medical side centers on food choices, eating behavior, exercise and long-term follow-up. The surgical side prefers laparoscopic surgery and offers open surgery when needed. Summa Health reports a Healthgrades bariatric surgery award. There is an online quiz to help you see whether you are a candidate, and a "Start a Virtual Visit" option. Its Google rating is 3.2 from 39 reviews. New patient appointments are at 330.375.6554, and the weight management line is 330.375.6590. No hours are listed.
This listing is for its Hudson office at 5625 Hudson Dr.
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices, a consultation fee, or what medication costs. It also does not say whether insurance is accepted. The footer links to a Price Transparency page for Summa Health, but the weight management pages give no figures. Call before you assume either way. Ask the price of the first visit and any surgical evaluation, and whether each is billed to insurance.
What should you ask before you book?
Start with coverage. Ask whether your plan covers visits, prescriptions and surgery, and what you would pay for each if it does not. Ask who signs your prescription and who supervises your care, the obesity medicine physician or the surgeon. If a medication is part of the plan, ask whether it is brand-name or compounded, whether its cost is included in any monthly fee, and what the pharmacy charges. Ask what follow-up visits and lab work cost, how often they happen, and whether a virtual visit is billed the same as an office visit. For surgery, ask what the surgeon, the hospital stay and anesthesia cost, and what you owe if you decide not to go ahead.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you want medical and surgical weight loss options from a hospital system in Akron, and you are ready to get coverage and cost answers before you book. The program describes its surgical options for patients who have not been successful with medical management alone, so expect that question at intake. If you need a posted price before you call, this one will not give you one.
Sources: summahealth.org/weightloss, summahealth.org/all-for-the-better/weight
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What we confirmed
Read off Summa Health Weight Management Institute’s own website on 2026-10-15. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “Medical Weight Loss” 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.