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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Montana 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?

$3,640

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,640 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$1,778$1,175 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,820 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,089
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,778

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,862.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
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
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$3,640

$1,778 physician + $1,862 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.