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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

New Mexico 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?

$10,846

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,846 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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$1,514$1,259 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$3,162 to $31,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $66,069Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,905
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $9,333professional $1,514

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$26,915.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$81,283.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
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
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 7th of 51

$10,846

$1,514 physician + $9,333 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.