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Removal And Replacement Of A Gastric Band

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 43773

Keyhole surgery that takes out an adjustable stomach band and puts a new one in its place. The band is the part that encircles the upper stomach to limit how much food it holds; the tubing and the adjustment device under the skin are not exchanged as part of this. It is done when the band has slipped, leaked, worn against the stomach, or stopped working properly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal And Replacement Of A Gastric Band cost?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,585$1,259 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$3,236 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,585

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in California 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.

Rhode Island· 24th of 51

$1,585

CA $5,012KY $1,288

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.