Coconut Oil and Heart Disease. Because coconut oil is rich in saturated fat, it isn't always thought of as being heart-healthy. However, saturated fat in coconut oil differs from the saturated fat found in high-fat meats that can increase blood cholesterol.
(Check out our introduction to Lap Band surgery.). The cost of Lap-Band varies from about $17,000 to $30,000, depending on where you live.
According to our 2015 Weight Loss Surgery Cost Survey, the cost of bariatric surgery without insurance in the United States ranges from $6,000 to $30,000 for the four most common procedures: gastric sleeve surgery, gastric bypass surgery, gastric banding (lap band surgery), and the gastric balloon procedure. Gastric sleeve surgery costs $19,000 on average in the United States. 2  Gastric bypass surgery costs $24,000 on average in the United States (note that it was relatively common for gastric bypass and gastric sleeve to be quoted at the same cost, although more often than not, gastric sleeve was the lower cost procedure).