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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

South Carolina 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?

$8,040

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,040 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$1,122$1,000 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$3,715 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $21,380Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,738
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $1,122

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
$1,318.26
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$32,359.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$19,498.45
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
6 more rates 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
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 28th of 51

$8,040

$1,122 physician + $6,918 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.