🇲🇽 Tijuana, Mexico · est. 2002

Obesity Control Center (OCC)

Tijuana bariatric center led by Dr. Ariel Ortiz, reporting over 26,000 patients and 20+ years of experience. It is known for the proprietary IGS Improved Gastric Sleeve technique and packages that include a five-year follow-up program. The center holds SRC Surgeon of Excellence recognition.

Bariatric surgery

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Provider / aggregator

Known for

◆Improved Gastric Sleeve (IGS)
◆Dr. Ariel Ortiz
◆5-year follow-up

Accreditation & verification

Accreditation is facility-level and time-bound. Where a public registry exists, we link straight to it so you can confirm currency yourself.

SRC Surgeon of Excellence in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Surgical Review Corporation

Reported

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Published prices

Provider-published figures. Not personalised quotes — confirm inclusions directly.

Provider	Published price (USD)	Typically includes	Source
Gastric Sleeve (Sleeve Gastrectomy)	$4,900	pre-op testing, surgery, anesthesia	Reported

What's in the package

Typically included

✓Surgery / procedure fee
✓Anaesthesia
✓Airport transfers
✓Medications
✓Pre-op tests & labs
✓Aftercare / follow-up

Usually excluded

×Flights

Procedures offered

Surgeons & specialists

Dr. Ariel Ortiz

Medical Director / Bariatric Surgeon · Bariatric and metabolic surgery

Fellow, American College of Surgeons · Fellow, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Languages

Spanish · English

Sources

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Obesity Control Center surgeon pageCorroborated
Bariatric Journal review/cost listingReported

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MedTraveling Transparency Index

72/ 100

High transparency

Most checkable signals are present and independently traceable.

89% of checkable signals present

This is a transparency measure — how much about Obesity Control Center (OCC) is publicly checkable — not a clinical-quality verdict. Each dimension is explained, with its limitation.

Pricing transparency

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Clinician transparency

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Accreditation & verifiability

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Independent evidence

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International support

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Outcome reporting

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Independent reputation

4.9/ 5

601 reviews on Google

Reported

Patient opinion, not clinical outcome evidence — and deliberately kept out of the Transparency Index. We show the source so you can judge it yourself.

What's missing

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!No published outcome or complication data