Surgery and procedures CPT 43774 Outpatient

Gastric band removal cost in Nashville, TN

In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for laparoscopic removal of an adjustable gastric band and its port: from $4,820.50 to $7,131.00, with a median of $5,975.75. The lowest listed price is at Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery — $1,155.25 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $5,456.00 at 8 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 43774, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 14, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$4,820.50Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery

Median$5,975.75half of hospitals charge less

Highest$7,131.00in this market

Difference1.5×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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.

median

Lowest $4,820.50Highest $7,131.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery lowest Nashville, TN LAP RMVL GASTR ADJ ALL PARTS File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file	$4,820.50	—	$584.01–$8,117.00	—
Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville, TN · (615) 341-4000 43774 Laparoscopy, gastric restrictive procedure; removal of adj gastric restrictive device and subq File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file	$7,131.00	$11,885.00	—	40%

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.

Outpatient: lowest $4,820.50, median $5,975.75, highest $7,131.00 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $7,131.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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

This operation removes an adjustable gastric band and the port under the skin through small cuts. It is done when the band slips, erodes into the stomach, causes symptoms or does not lead to enough weight loss.

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.