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Keyhole Placement Of An Adjustable Gastric Band

Virginia 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?

$9,174

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,174 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,096 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$2,630 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $1,514
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $1,230

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
$7,762.47
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$12,589.25
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 19th of 51

$9,174

$1,230 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.