Complications can happen even to the best surgeons. Statistically, complications don't happen often, but should a complication event occur, only a BLIS Surgeon can provide patients with the peace of mind of knowing that authorized care will be provided at no additional expense. The cost of this protection is bundled into the price patients pay for their surgical procedure, meaning patients pay one fixed price for surgery with complication protection included.
Since offering complication protection insurance to select bariatric surgeons beginning in 2006, BLIS has developed and maintained its own proprietary dataset consisting of information on every BLIS covered procedure. As a result, BLIS knows how often complication events happen, when they happen and how much they cost when they do happen.
BLIS has calculated that the average total billed charge for a bariatric complication event is $46,000. The cost to the BLIS Surgeon's patient? Zero!
BLIS believes helping surgeons protect patients from the unexpected is important and we believe patients agree. Check back to the BLIS website in the future for more statistical studies regarding BLIS Surgeons.