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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Mississippi 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?

$5,010

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,010 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$1,698$1,072 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,622 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $871 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $3,236
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $1,698

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
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 44th of 51

$5,010

$1,698 physician + $3,311 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.