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Keyhole Removal of a Gastric Band and Port

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 43774

Keyhole surgery to take out an adjustable band placed around the upper stomach for weight loss, together with the small filling port under the skin and the tubing between them. It is done when the band has slipped, worn into the stomach wall, stopped working or is causing symptoms such as reflux or vomiting. The stomach itself is left in place.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal of a Gastric Band and Port cost?

$3,861

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,861 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$1,175 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,230 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,943
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,239professional $1,622

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,413.10
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$14,125.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,951.21
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,128.31
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,413.10
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
3 more rates 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
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Oklahoma 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

Massachusetts· 46th of 51

$3,861

$1,622 physician + $2,239 facility

OK $11,619WV $2,656

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.