Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Gastric restrictive procedure, without gastric bypass, for morbid obesity; vertical-banded gastroplasty
SUMMERFIELD, FL
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Hca Florida Ocala Hospital’s median price of $14.9k is 308% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 93% of the 1,183 hospitals reporting CPT 43842. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 12 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Optum comm case rate · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 2 | Molina mgmcr case rate · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 3 | Molina hix case rate · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 5 | Cigna nbn case rate · outpatient | $14.9k | $14.9k | — | — | — | $14.9k – $14.9k |
| 6 | Aetna qhp case rate · outpatient | $34.5k | $34.5k | — | — | — | $34.5k – $34.5k |
| 7 | Cigna managedcarehmo case rate · outpatient | $35.5k | $35.5k | — | — | — | $35.5k – $35.5k |
| 8 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $35.5k | $35.5k | — | — | — | $35.5k – $35.5k |
| 9 | Aetna hmo case rate · outpatient | $45.1k | $45.1k | — | — | — | $45.1k – $45.1k |
| 10 | Aetna ppo case rate · outpatient | $45.1k | $45.1k | — | — | — | $45.1k – $45.1k |
| 11 | Humana hmo case rate · outpatient | $49.5k | $49.5k | — | — | — | $49.5k – $49.5k |
| 12 | Humana ppo case rate · outpatient | $49.5k | $49.5k | — | — | — | $49.5k – $49.5k |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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