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Keyhole Sleeve Gastrectomy

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 43775

A weight-loss operation done through small incisions in which most of the stomach is removed lengthways, leaving a narrow banana-shaped tube. The smaller stomach holds much less food and produces less of the hormone that drives hunger, so appetite falls as well as capacity. It is permanent — the removed part cannot be put back.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Sleeve Gastrectomy cost?

$5,006

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,006 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$2,188$1,738 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,096 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $724 to $23,442Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $2,188

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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
7 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Maine 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

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$5,006

$2,188 physician + $2,818 facility

ME $27,149KY $3,127

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.