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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Rhode Island 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?

$5,951

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,951 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,259 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,399 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $1,380

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 36th of 51

$5,951

$1,380 physician + $4,571 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.