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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Iowa 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?

$7,825

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,825 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$2,455$1,738 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,692 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $21,878Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,455

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
$1,819.70
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,090.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$23,442.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$16,218.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$15,135.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
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
$707.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 29th of 51

$7,825

$2,455 physician + $5,370 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.