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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Utah 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?

$8,756

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,756 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$646 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$4,169 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $22,387Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,318
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,943professional $813

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
$1,479.11
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$30,902.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,019.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
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
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Utah 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

Utah· 23rd of 51

$8,756

$813 physician + $7,943 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.