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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Alaska rates for HCPCS 43770

Places an adjustable band around the upper stomach through small punctures in the abdomen, creating a small pouch so a person feels full on less food. A small port is also placed under the skin so the band can be tightened or loosened later by injecting or withdrawing fluid. It is a weight-loss operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band cost?

$17,292

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,292 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $13,490 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,802$1,622 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$13,490$9,772 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,490 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $24,547Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $5,888
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $13,490professional $3,802

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,388.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,760.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$16,595.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$51,286.14
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 1st of 51

$17,292

$3,802 physician + $13,490 facility

AK $17,292WV $2,643

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.