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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Missouri 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?

$8,874

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,874 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$1,288$1,175 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$2,692 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $26,915Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $16,218
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $1,288

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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$33,113.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$30,902.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
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
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 21st of 51

$8,874

$1,288 physician + $7,586 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.