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Procedure price report · Gastric bypass and volume reduction

Laparoscopic placement of an adjustable gastric band

CPT 43770the billing code this page is about

Keyhole weight-loss surgery that places an adjustable band around the upper stomach along with its subcutaneous access port.

Hospitals typically charge $5,362 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 244 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,460. Most fall between $1,852 and $13,892 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
244
States
41
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 244 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
$1,250$2,071$5,362$12,669$22,064

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,250 vs $22,064).

How the prices are spread

$937 – $1,296: 13 hospitals$937$1,296 – $1,794: 11 hospitals$1,794 – $2,484: 38 hospitals$1,794$2,484 – $3,437: 23 hospitals$3,437 – $4,758: 18 hospitals$3,437$4,758 – $6,585: 12 hospitals$6,585 – $9,115: 20 hospitals$6,585$9,115 – $12,616: 33 hospitals$12,616 – $17,461: 26 hospitals$12,616$17,461 – $24,168: 26 hospitals$17,461median $5,362price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (220 of 244 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$937$1,29613
$1,296$1,79411
$1,794$2,48438
$2,484$3,43723
$3,437$4,75818
$4,758$6,58512
$6,585$9,11520
$9,115$12,61633
$12,616$17,46126
$17,461$24,16826

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$10,860
Median cash price$5,362
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.49×

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 $5,362.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,946 across 11 hospitalsIL$1,946Wisconsin: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $2,165 across 10 hospitalsMI$2,165New York: median $12,320 across 23 hospitalsNY$12,320Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,756 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,756Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $15,335 across 11 hospitalsPA$15,335New Jersey: median $11,378 across 31 hospitalsNJ$11,378Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $22,064 across 24 hospitalsCA$22,064Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,852 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,852Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $7,314 across 20 hospitalsTX$7,314Florida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,362. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA24$22,064+312%$21,632 – $22,064
Pennsylvania PA11$15,335+186%$10,522 – $19,618
New York NY23$12,320+130%$2,834 – $12,320
New Jersey NJ31$11,378+112%$4,881 – $13,753
Texas TX20$7,314+36%$6,267 – $7,314
Iowa IA15$2,756−49%$2,756 – $2,756
Michigan MI10$2,165−60%$1,149 – $14,616
Illinois IL11$1,946−64%$890 – $2,756
Oklahoma OK12$1,852−65%$1,852 – $1,852
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $5,362.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care215$6,841$1,918 – $13,892
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access26$2,728$1,344 – $7,314
Ownership
For-profit25$6,267$890 – $15,335
Government34$3,521$2,018 – $12,320
Non-profit185$5,855$1,865 – $14,616
System affiliation
Part of a system198$7,314$1,946 – $15,400
Independent46$2,350$1,548 – $7,053

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,570
Median cash price$5,362
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

152 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,521 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,911; most fall between $1,852 and $21,297.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 152 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
$1,135$1,852$3,521$15,039$22,064

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,135 vs $22,064).

Of the 189 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 152 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

244 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 287 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted244
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code287

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Gastric bypass and volume reduction family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Laps Gastric Restrictive Procedure Place Device.

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 placement of an adjustable gastric band (CPT 43770) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-43770-laparoscopic-placement-of-an-adjustable-gastric-band