HealthGrades gave 2023 Bariatric Surgery excellence awards to hospitals in 13 states for top quality in Bariatric surgical procedures; 16 states were studied with 13 states (FL, IA, IL, MD, NV, NJ, NY, PA, TX, VA, WA, WV and WI), having excellent hospitals. CO, OR and RI did not have any top hospitals in this specialty. Inpatient complication rates in 16 states were studied using all-payer 2018-2020 data. Pub. 2023