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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Louisiana 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?

$9,750

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,750 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 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$1,622$1,202 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,128$3,090 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,128professional $1,622

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
$758.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$9,750

$1,622 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.