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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Kentucky 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?

$5,994

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,994 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$1,096$1,047 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,479 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,549
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $1,096

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
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 35th of 51

$5,994

$1,096 physician + $4,898 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.