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Keyhole Removal of a Gastric Band

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 43772

Uses keyhole surgery to take out an adjustable band that was placed around the upper part of the stomach as a weight-loss device. Instruments and a camera are passed through small cuts in the abdomen, the scar tissue around the band is freed, and the band is unfastened and removed. It is done when the band slips, erodes, causes reflux or vomiting, or is no longer helping.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal of a Gastric Band cost?

$7,207

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,207 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 59 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$955 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,042 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $18,197Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,677
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $5,888professional $1,318

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$19,498.45

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 5.9 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
CA $12,459MD $2,095

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.