Surgery and procedures CPT 43846 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Gastric bypass, open cost in Sidney, MT — inpatient

In Sidney, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass through an abdominal incision as an inpatient: from $3,914.59 to $3,914.59, with a median of $3,914.59.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 43846, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 30, 2026 and Apr 30, 2026.

Lowest$3,914.59Sidney Health Center

Median$3,914.59half of hospitals charge less

Highest$3,914.59in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Sidney Health Center Sidney, MT · (406) 488-2100 GASTRIC RESTRICTVE PX WGASTRIC BYPASS SHORT LIMB ROUX-EN-Y GASTROENTE File of Apr 30, 2026 · source file	$3,914.59	$6,322.00	$5,753.02–$6,322.00	38%

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.

Inpatient: lowest $3,914.59, median $3,914.59, highest $3,914.59.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $3,914.59 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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 and 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

An open gastric bypass makes a small stomach pouch and connects it to the small intestine through one larger cut in the abdomen instead of small laparoscopic cuts. Surgeons use it mainly when laparoscopy is not possible, such as after earlier abdominal operations.

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. An open operation usually means a longer hospital stay.