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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Florida 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?

$7,333

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,333 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$871 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$3,236 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $19,055Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,950
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $1,023

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
$1,000.00
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$25,703.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$14,454.40
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where Florida 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

Florida· 30th of 51

$7,333

$1,023 physician + $6,310 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.