Brazil Bariatric Surgery Market Forecast by 2033
Market Size in 2024: USD 45.9 Million
Market Forecast in 2033: USD 57.9 Million
Market Growth Rate 2025-2033: 2.6% CAGR
The Brazil bariatric surgery market was valued at USD 45.9 million in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 57.9 million by 2033, expanding at a CAGR of 2.6%. Rising obesity prevalence, wider insurance coverage and shorter surgical waiting times are steering both public and private hospitals toward laparoscopic and endoscopic weight-loss procedures.
Growth Drivers Powering the Brazil Bariatric Surgery Market
SUS Expanded Reimbursement and Regional Center Accreditation
In 2024, the Ministry of Health added sleeve gastrectomy to the SUS public reimbursement list together with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass because annual covered procedures grew from 12 thousand to about 28 thousand. Hospitals must go through obtaining new accreditation that is requiring a multidisciplinary team with an endocrinologist, a nutritionist, a psychologist and also a minimum 30-procedure annual volume, and it ensures quality plus it creates demand for surgical staplers, energy devices plus gastric balloons. For bariatric centers in 2025-2027, the federal budget allocated BRL 480 million, giving priority to northeastern and northern states where surgical penetration is lowest but obesity rates exceed 30%. This is a policy that converts elective cases into a guaranteed public volume. So manufacturers get a procurement pipeline stable through 2030.
Private Insurance Premium Incentives and Day-Surgery Packages
Insurers are now allowed via the National Supplementary Health Agency to offer 15% premium rebates for policyholders maintaining two-year follow-up compliance after medically indicated bariatric surgery. Amil, Bradesco Saúde, as well as Hapvida, responded with bundled day-surgery packages negotiating bulk prices for implants and consumables. These are packages that cut hospital stays to be under 48 hours. In 2024, 38% of accredited hospitals introduced robotic-assisted sleeve gastrectomy rooms since that drove incremental sales of articulated staplers and 5 mm trocars as surgeons seek smaller incisions to meet same-day discharge metrics.
Medical Tourism Infrastructure and International Accreditation
For medical tourism, Brazil ranks among the top three global destinations. Bariatric surgery is the fastest-growing segment there. Due to JCI-accredited hospitals located in São Paulo and also Porto Alegre that offer all-inclusive packages that are 40% cheaper than U.S. prices, the Brazilian Medical Tourism Council reports 22% growth in foreign sleeve gastrectomy patients during 2024. State tax incentives for hospitals achieve international accreditation, also because there exist direct flights originating from Miami and Lisbon, facilities happen to be upgrading to advanced energy sealing devices in addition to disposable trocar systems, therefore creating a premium equipment niche that commands higher margins.
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Brazil Bariatric Surgery Market Segmentation
Device Insights:
- Assisting Devices
- Suturing Device
- Closure Device
- Stapling Device
- Trocars
- Others
- Implantable Devices
- Gastric Bands
- Electrical Stimulation Devices
- Gastric Balloons
- Gastric Emptying
- Others
Regional Insights:
- Southeast
- South
- Northeast
- North
- Central-West
Competitive Landscape
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players.
Brazil Bariatric Surgery Market News
- June 2025: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein performs the first fully robotic single-incision sleeve gastrectomy in Latin America, using a 3 cm umbilical port and discharging the patient within 24 hours.
- April 2025: The city of Fortaleza opens a public bariatric center of excellence funded by a BRL 60 million federal grant, targeting a 50% reduction in regional obesity-related amputations within three years.
- March 2025: ANS publishes new quality indicators requiring private insurers to report one-year excess weight loss outcomes for bariatric patients, prompting hospitals to adopt remote nutrition apps.
- February 2025: SÃrio-Libanês and BP A Beneficência launch a combined endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty and intragastric balloon programme, eliminating the need for abdominal incisions in selected low-BMI patients.
Key highlights of the Report:
- Market Performance (2019-2024)
- Market Outlook (2025-2033)
- COVID-19 Impact on the Market
- Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
- Strategic Recommendations
- Historical, Current and Future Market Trends
- Market Drivers and Success Factors
- SWOT Analysis
- Structure of the Market
- Value Chain Analysis
- Comprehensive Mapping of the Competitive Landscape
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