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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Connecticut 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?

$10,034

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,034 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,128 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,479 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,128$5,248 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $19,953Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,128professional $1,905

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
$4,570.88
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$26,302.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,890.45
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 11th of 51

$10,034

$1,905 physician + $8,128 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.