LIMARP is a serious, surgeon-founded Tijuana center — structurally, one of the programs most like ours. Which leaves one big published difference: we print our price; their site asks you to call for one. Every fact about LIMARP below is quoted from their own published pages and linked. Where nothing is published, we say "ask them" — and with LIMARP, you'll be asking a lot.
Read this first. We're Pompeii Surgical — of course we have a point of view. So here are the rules we wrote this page by: our claims are our published policies; every claim about LIMARP is quoted from their own website with a link and an access date; and where we haven't verified something, the table says "ask them" — never a guess, and never a number from a third-party aggregator. We won't quote their complication rates, reviews, or safety statistics — those are theirs to publish and yours to verify. LIMARP is an established, surgeon-founded center with real credentials, and if anything on this page is out of date, email us and we'll correct it fast.
This one isn't a travel-agency-versus-hotel story — LIMARP, like us, runs its own center with its own team. The difference is simpler and older than that: one of us prints the price. Our sleeve is $4,900, published, flat, with the deposit ($0), the refund promise, and the coverage printed right next to it. Their cost page says: Contact us to learn more about our bariatric surgery cost and financing options.
[2] There may be fair reasons to price by consultation — individualized programs, for one. But here's the thing about a number you can't see: you can't compare it, and you can't hold anyone to it.
Your price arrives after a phone call, shaped to your case. Boutique and personal — and unknowable until you're already in the conversation, along with the deposit and cancellation terms.[2]
Everything on the table before you ever call: $4,900 flat, $0 deposit, 100% refund if pre-op testing says no, complication insurance included. Compare us at midnight in your pajamas — no phone call required.
Neither model is a trick — LIMARP's credentials are real and their center is their own. But a comparison shopper can only compare what's written down. Here's everything both of us have written down.
Both are surgeon-led programs operating their own Tijuana facilities. The honest difference is how much each one tells you in writing, before you commit.
Whichever way you lean: get every number and every policy in writing before you pay anyone anything. That advice includes us.
Our column states our published policies. Their column quotes their published pages, accessed July 11, 2026 — numbered links go to the sources at the bottom of this page. We never substitute third-party price estimates for a company's own published numbers.
| What to compare | Pompeii Surgical | LIMARP |
|---|---|---|
| Track record | Since 2014 · 30,000+ patients · Tijuana | Surgeon-founded in 2008 · own center on Blvd. Agua Caliente, Tijuana · multi-surgeon team (published)[1] |
| Company model | A surgical program — one team, one facility, one flat published price, from first call through lifetime aftercare. | Also a real center with its own team — Internationally renowned Center for Bariatric Surgery Tijuana. The model difference here is transparency, not structure.[1] |
| Gastric sleeve price | $4,900 — published, flat, final. Same for every patient and payment method. | Not published. Contact us to learn more about our bariatric surgery cost and financing options.[2] |
| Gastric bypass price | $5,800 — published, flat, all-inclusive. | Not published — request their current written quote.[2] |
| Deposit to reserve a date | $0. We never take a deposit. Financed patients owe $0 at booking. | Not published on the pages we reviewed — ask for their deposit terms in writing. |
| If you're medically disqualified before surgery | Full refund. If pre-op testing shows surgery isn't safe for you, you get 100% back. Even the extra testing we ordered — often $400+ — is on us. | Not published on the pages we reviewed — ask for the refund terms in writing. |
| Complication coverage | Complication insurance included in every package — extra surgeries, extra nights, rebookings, including after you return home. No deductible, no claim forms — and you can read the full policy before you book. | Not listed in the package language we reviewed — ask them to confirm what's covered, in writing.[2] |
| Hospital stay | 2–3 nights · private room · 24/7 bariatric nursing · all meals. | 2 night hospital stay at LIMARP International Center of Excellence(published).[2] |
| Hotel nights | All hotel nights included — however many your recovery needs (normally two). And you choose your hotel — five-star options welcome. | 2 nights at the Grand Hotel Tijuanafor patients from abroad (published).[2] |
| Bringing a companion | Your companion sleeps overnight in your hospital room, and their meals are currently included. | Not published — ask about companion accommodation and meals. |
| Ground transportation | Included — San Diego (SAN) airport ↔ Tijuana, hotel ↔ hospital, both directions. | Airport-to-hotel transportation and hotel support for patients from abroad (published).[2] |
| Aftercare | Lifetime — one coordinator start to finish, nutritionist consults, telehealth, 70k+ patient community. | Post-operative care and follow-up consultations included (published) — ask how long the program runs.[2] |
| Financing | Same-day approval via ModernHealthFinance / United Medical Credit · $0 down for many · soft credit pull. | Citerra Finance and United Medical Credit (published) — one financing partner in common with us, as it happens.[2] |
Every promise that matters, at the moment it matters — and whether each of us has published it. Bring this list to your LIMARP consultation; a serious program will answer all of it in writing.
Contact us to learn more about our bariatric surgery cost and financing options.[2]
2 night hospital stay+
2 nights at the Grand Hotel Tijuana— ask what an additional night costs.[2]
To be fair to LIMARP: pricing by consultation is a legitimate boutique model, their center and team are their own, and their published package (two hospital nights at their own Center of Excellence, two nights at the Grand Hotel Tijuana) is concrete where it exists. But notice what the ledger shows: on the five questions that decide what surgery actually costs you — the price, the deposit, the disqualification refund, the extra night, the complication after you're home — our answers are printed and theirs require a phone call. Make the call if LIMARP appeals to you. Just get every answer in writing. Sources: our published pricing and FAQ · LIMARP's cost & financing page, accessed 2026-07-11.
Including us. A provider worth your trust will answer every one of these in writing without flinching.
"What is my final, all-in price — in writing, before I commit to anything?"If pricing is by consultation, the quote should still arrive as a document, not a phone number.
"Is a deposit required? Is it refundable, and under exactly what conditions?"Get the cancellation policy as a document, not a phone summary.
"If pre-op testing disqualifies me, how much of my money comes back?"This is the single most revealing question on this list. Percentages matter.
"Is complication coverage included — especially after I fly home?"In-hospital coverage and post-return coverage are different things. Ask for both, in writing.
"What happens if the surgeon finds something mid-surgery — like a hiatal hernia?"Ask whether it's repaired, and whether repairing it costs extra.
"How many hospital and hotel nights are included — and what does one more cost?"The difference between a set number and "as many as you need" shows up exactly when you're least able to argue about it.
"Who do I call at 2 a.m., three weeks after surgery — and is it the same person I've been talking to all along?"Aftercare is where the promise gets tested.
Seriously — do it. Patients have written extensively about both companies. Read ours, read theirs, start with the worst ones if you like. Then come back to the table above. We're comfortable with where that leaves you.
Reviews belong to their authors and their platforms — we don't cherry-pick either company's onto this page.
Fair comparison disclosure. This page is published by Pompeii Surgical. Pompeii Surgical is not affiliated with LIMARP. "LIMARP" and related marks are the property of their respective owners and are used here only to identify the company being compared. All LIMARP information on this page was taken from their publicly available website on the access dates shown and may have changed since — always verify current prices, inclusions, and policies directly with any provider before making decisions. This page compares published business terms only; it is not medical advice, and it makes no claims about any provider's clinical outcomes. Bariatric surgery is a serious medical procedure — discuss risks and outcomes with a qualified surgical team. If you represent LIMARP and believe anything here is inaccurate or outdated, contact contact@pompeiisurgical.com and we will review and correct it promptly.
Take the seven questions above to every provider on your list — including us. We'll answer all of them in writing, and there's no deposit while you decide.