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Keyhole Removal of a Gastric Band

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal of a Gastric Band cost?

$8,633

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,633 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$1,047$933 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$2,344 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $1,047

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Kentucky. 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

Alabama· 2nd of 51

$8,633

$1,047 physician + $7,586 facility

OK $10,035KY $2,222

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.