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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Arkansas 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?

$8,428

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,428 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,349$1,175 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$2,138 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $1,622
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $1,349

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 25th of 51

$8,428

$1,349 physician + $7,079 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.