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Procedure price report · Gastric bypass and volume reduction

Keyhole removal of gastric band and its port

CPT 43774the billing code this page is about

Laparoscopic surgery to take out both the adjustable stomach band and the injection port under the skin, ending the band system entirely.

Hospitals typically charge $4,382 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 501 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,277. Most fall between $1,617 and $8,994 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
501
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 501 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
$1,152$1,855$4,382$7,082$16,838

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,152 vs $16,838).

How the prices are spread

$891 – $1,256: 33 hospitals$891$1,256 – $1,770: 60 hospitals$1,770 – $2,494: 68 hospitals$1,770$2,494 – $3,515: 28 hospitals$3,515 – $4,953: 69 hospitals$3,515$4,953 – $6,980: 71 hospitals$6,980 – $9,837: 58 hospitals$6,980$9,837 – $13,863: 28 hospitals$13,863 – $19,536: 24 hospitals$13,863$19,536 – $27,532: 13 hospitals$19,536median $4,382price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (452 of 501 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$891$1,25633
$1,256$1,77060
$1,770$2,49468
$2,494$3,51528
$3,515$4,95369
$4,953$6,98071
$6,980$9,83758
$9,837$13,86328
$13,863$19,53624
$19,536$27,53213

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,939
Median cash price$4,382
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.11×

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 $4,382.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,306 across 13 hospitalsWA$2,306Idaho: median $6,140 across 14 hospitalsID$6,140Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $6,495 across 23 hospitalsMN$6,495Illinois: median $1,905 across 23 hospitalsIL$1,905Wisconsin: median $5,537 across 28 hospitalsWI$5,537Michigan: median $1,617 across 28 hospitalsMI$1,617New York: median $4,502 across 47 hospitalsNY$4,502Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,769 across 11 hospitalsOR$1,769Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $2,354 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,354Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,098 across 13 hospitalsOH$4,098Pennsylvania: median $6,432 across 13 hospitalsPA$6,432New Jersey: median $4,881 across 34 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,022 across 38 hospitalsCA$7,022Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $10,769 across 14 hospitalsMO$10,769Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,707 across 11 hospitalsWV$1,707Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,019 across 15 hospitalsOK$2,019Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,192 across 15 hospitalsTX$7,192Florida: median $4,098 across 11 hospitalsFL$4,098
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,382. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Missouri MO14$10,769+146%$1,439 – $16,698
Texas TX15$7,192+64%$1,996 – $12,512
California CA38$7,022+60%$2,515 – $7,022
Minnesota MN23$6,495+48%$2,475 – $7,888
Pennsylvania PA13$6,432+47%$2,015 – $8,504
Idaho ID14$6,140+40%$2,376 – $8,663
Wisconsin WI28$5,537+26%$5,385 – $10,373
New Jersey NJ34$4,881+11%$4,211 – $5,855
New York NY47$4,502+3%$2,012 – $62,657
Florida FL11$4,098−6%$3,819 – $11,491
Ohio OH13$4,098−6%$2,371 – $25,493
Iowa IA15$2,354−46%$2,354 – $2,354
Washington WA13$2,306−47%$1,769 – $4,546
Oklahoma OK15$2,019−54%$2,019 – $9,823
Illinois IL23$1,905−57%$761 – $27,532
Oregon OR11$1,769−60%$1,769 – $2,223
West Virginia WV11$1,707−61%$1,067 – $5,598
Michigan MI28$1,617−63%$1,422 – $5,301
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $4,382.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care393$4,502$1,678 – $10,796
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access104$2,594$1,439 – $5,537
Ownership
For-profit54$5,356$1,422 – $9,856
Government76$2,706$1,469 – $5,975
Non-profit370$4,480$1,638 – $8,979
System affiliation
Part of a system393$4,814$1,712 – $10,373
Independent108$2,365$1,342 – $5,562

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,019
Median cash price$4,382
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

244 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,354 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,305; most fall between $1,303 and $7,022.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, 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
$772$1,422$2,354$5,537$8,233

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($772 vs $8,233).

Of the 291 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 244 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

501 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 572 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted501
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here54
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code572

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 Gastric bypass and volume reduction family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Laps Gastric Restrictive Px Remove Device & Port.

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, “Keyhole removal of gastric band and its port (CPT 43774) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-43774-keyhole-removal-of-gastric-band-and-its-port