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Removal of a Gastric Band Access Port

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 43887

Takes out the small access port that sits just under the skin of the abdomen and connects by tubing to an adjustable band around the stomach. The port is the part used to add or remove fluid to tighten or loosen the band. Only the port is removed; the band itself stays where it is.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Gastric Band Access Port cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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 5 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$389$316 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$933 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,715Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $295 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $389

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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

Louisiana· 16th of 51

$468

CA $1,259VT $324

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.