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Procedure price report · Gastric bypass and volume reduction

Open removal and replacement of a gastric band port

CPT 43888the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to take out the access port under the skin used to adjust a gastric band and put a new port in its place.

Hospitals typically charge $3,094 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 239 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,631. Most fall between $766 and $5,741 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
239
States
38
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 239 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
$484$863$3,094$4,873$10,524

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($484 vs $10,524).

How the prices are spread

$355 – $502: 14 hospitals$355$502 – $711: 13 hospitals$711 – $1,006: 36 hospitals$711$1,006 – $1,424: 30 hospitals$1,424 – $2,015: 9 hospitals$1,424$2,015 – $2,851: 5 hospitals$2,851 – $4,035: 30 hospitals$2,851$4,035 – $5,710: 43 hospitals$5,710 – $8,081: 17 hospitals$5,710$8,081 – $11,435: 30 hospitals$8,081median $3,094price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (227 of 239 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$355$50214
$502$71113
$711$1,00636
$1,006$1,42430
$1,424$2,0159
$2,015$2,8515
$2,851$4,03530
$4,035$5,71043
$5,710$8,08117
$8,081$11,43530

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,620
Median cash price$3,094
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.85×

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 $3,094.

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: 6 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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $4,332 across 23 hospitalsNY$4,332Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $863 across 10 hospitalsOR$863Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,230 across 14 hospitalsIA$1,230Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $355 across 17 hospitalsPA$355New Jersey: median $4,350 across 23 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $11,435 across 27 hospitalsCA$11,435Utah: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 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: 3 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 $766 across 12 hospitalsOK$766Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,094 across 19 hospitalsTX$3,094Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,094. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA27$11,435+270%$3,575 – $11,435
New Jersey NJ23$4,350+41%$4,052 – $5,741
New York NY23$4,332+40%$1,158 – $4,332
Texas TX19$3,0940%$3,094 – $3,094
Iowa IA14$1,230−60%$1,230 – $1,230
Oregon OR10$863−72%$863 – $1,285
Oklahoma OK12$766−75%$766 – $766
Pennsylvania PA17$355−89%$289 – $6,189
Illinois IL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI6not 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
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not 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
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not 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
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not 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

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 $3,094.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care212$3,094$766 – $5,339
Children’s2fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access25$1,321$752 – $5,894
Ownership
For-profit25$3,079$421 – $5,693
Government29$2,658$869 – $4,332
Non-profit185$3,094$766 – $5,855
System affiliation
Part of a system203$3,094$766 – $5,894
Independent36$1,031$738 – $3,114

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,622
Median cash price$3,094
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

144 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,230 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,867; most fall between $744 and $6,189.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 144 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
$517$766$1,230$3,575$11,435

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($517 vs $11,435).

Of the 154 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 144 gave a usable cash price; 7 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

239 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 256 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted239
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here13
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code256

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 Gstr Rstcv Opn Rmvl & Rplcmt Subq 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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open removal and replacement of a gastric band port (CPT 43888) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-43888-open-removal-and-replacement-of-a-gastric-band-port