Surgery and procedures CPT 43770 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Gastric band surgery (Lap-Band) cost in New York, NY — inpatient

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 2 hospitals list a cash price for laparoscopic adjustable gastric band placement (Lap-Band) as an inpatient: from $2,834.25 to $11,523.76, with a median of $7,179.01. The lowest listed price is at Montefiore Medical Center — $4,344.76 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $12,320.22 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 43770, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Oct 3, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$2,834.25Montefiore Medical Center

Median$7,179.01half of hospitals charge less

Highest$11,523.76in this market

Difference4.1×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.

median

Lowest $2,834.25Highest $11,523.76

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Montefiore Medical Center lowest Bronx, NY · (718) 920-4321 PR LAPS GASTRIC RESTRICTIVE PROCEDURE PLACE DEVICE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$2,834.25	$4,333.72	$504.61–$12,801.39	35%
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City, NJ · (732) 775-5500 LAPS GASTRIC RESTRICTIVE PROCEDURE PLACE DEVICE File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file	$11,523.76	$16,814.00	$2,791.12–$15,267.11	31%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.

Inpatient: lowest $2,834.25, median $7,179.01, highest $11,523.76 — a 4.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 35 facilities here, median $12,320.22 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A gastric band (Lap-Band) is an inflatable ring placed around the top of the stomach through small cuts, creating a small pouch so that a person feels full sooner. It is a weight-loss operation that is now done far less often than the sleeve or bypass.

What the price covers

The facility price usually covers the operating room and recovery and may not include the hospital stay. The surgeon, anesthesia, pre-surgery tests and follow-up visits are usually billed separately. Band adjustments (fills) after surgery are separate visits.