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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Massachusetts 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?

$4,641

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,641 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$1,380 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,349 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $912 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $16,218
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $1,950

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$15,488.17
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$15,488.17
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,365.16
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 46th of 51

$4,641

$1,950 physician + $2,692 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.