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Keyhole Removal of a Gastric Band

Utah 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?

$7,073

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,073 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$617$83.18 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$2,344 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $11,482Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $59 to $955
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $6,457professional $617

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
$1,258.93
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$11,481.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,511.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25

Where Utah 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$7,073

$617 physician + $6,457 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.