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Procedure price report · Other OR upper GI therapeutic procedures

Laparoscopic magnetic band placement for reflux

CPT 43284the billing code this page is about

Through small abdominal incisions, a ring-shaped device is placed around the lower esophagus to strengthen the valve and limit reflux, including diaphragm repair if performed.

Hospitals typically charge $6,311 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 268 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $7,192. Most fall between $1,301 and $14,350 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
268
States
37
Filings dated
Jun 2025 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 268 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$907$1,592$6,311$13,269$19,447

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($907 vs $19,447).

How the prices are spread

$665 – $960: 17 hospitals$665$960 – $1,387: 29 hospitals$1,387 – $2,003: 23 hospitals$1,387$2,003 – $2,893: 9 hospitals$2,893 – $4,178: 28 hospitals$2,893$4,178 – $6,035: 14 hospitals$6,035 – $8,718: 6 hospitals$6,035$8,718 – $12,592: 53 hospitals$12,592 – $18,188: 29 hospitals$12,592$18,188 – $26,271: 35 hospitals$18,188median $6,311price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (243 of 268 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$665$96017
$960$1,38729
$1,387$2,00323
$2,003$2,8939
$2,893$4,17828
$4,178$6,03514
$6,035$8,7186
$8,718$12,59253
$12,592$18,18829
$18,188$26,27135

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$10,860
Median cash price$6,311
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.58×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $6,311.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: median $1,734 across 10 hospitalsMN$1,734Illinois: median $1,302 across 10 hospitalsIL$1,302Wisconsin: median $3,360 across 26 hospitalsWI$3,360Michigan: median $3,360 across 10 hospitalsMI$3,360New York: median $12,320 across 27 hospitalsNY$12,320Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,592 across 13 hospitalsIA$1,592Indiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $11,378 across 29 hospitalsNJ$11,378Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $18,575 across 36 hospitalsCA$18,575Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $907 across 12 hospitalsOK$907Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $10,500 across 18 hospitalsTX$10,500Florida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $6,311. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA36$18,575+194%$9,656 – $18,575
New York NY27$12,320+95%$1,206 – $12,617
New Jersey NJ29$11,378+80%$4,881 – $13,753
Texas TX18$10,500+66%$10,500 – $10,500
Michigan MI10$3,360−47%$855 – $14,616
Wisconsin WI26$3,360−47%$3,360 – $13,649
Minnesota MN10$1,734−73%$1,301 – $2,303
Iowa IA13$1,592−75%$1,592 – $1,592
Illinois IL10$1,302−79%$1,184 – $46,404
Oklahoma OK12$907−86%$907 – $907
Pennsylvania PA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $6,311.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care225$9,656$1,264 – $14,616
Children’s1fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access41$3,360$1,592 – $13,649
Ownership
For-profit19fewer than 20 hospitals
Government27$9,037$1,348 – $12,320
Non-profit221$5,855$1,319 – $14,350
System affiliation
Part of a system233$9,656$1,592 – $14,616
Independent35$1,856$937 – $10,451

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,234
Median cash price$6,311
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

168 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,360 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,402; most fall between $1,061 and $10,500.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 168 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$789$1,206$3,360$10,500$18,575

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($789 vs $18,575).

Of the 198 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 168 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

268 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 305 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted268
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here32
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code305

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR upper GI therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Laps Esophgl Sphnctr Agmntj Plmt Dev Crrpl.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Laparoscopic magnetic band placement for reflux (CPT 43284) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-43284-laparoscopic-magnetic-band-placement-for-reflux