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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

New Jersey 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?

$8,222

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,222 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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$977$871 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$4,169 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $23,988Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,622
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,244professional $977

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
$1,096.48
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$25,118.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,778.28
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,949.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$31,622.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 26th of 51

$8,222

$977 physician + $7,244 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.