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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Minnesota 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?

$5,627

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,627 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$2,239$1,738 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,950 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $14,791Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $4,074
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $2,239

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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$39,810.72
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,073.80
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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 40th of 51

$5,627

$2,239 physician + $3,388 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.