Surgery and procedures CPT 43846 California Outpatient

Gastric bypass, open cost in California

In California, 2 hospitals publish a cash price for open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass through an abdominal incision: from $936.62 to $1,550.64, with a median of $1,243.63. The lowest price is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles). The highest price is 1.7× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 43846. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 22, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$936.62Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Median$1,243.63half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,550.64in California

Lowest saves$307.01vs the median

Hospitals in California, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center lowest Los Angeles · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Outpatient Surgical Group 2	$936.62	$1,440.95	Nov 26, 2025 source file
Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA OPG - Unlisted	$1,550.64	$2,385.60	Nov 26, 2025 source file

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

File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro area	Hospitals	Lowest	Median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	2	$936.62	$1,243.63

Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.

Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.

Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.

Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

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.

Open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass through an abdominal incision in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.