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Laparoscopic Placement Of Reflux Control Device

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 43284

This is a minimally invasive abdominal surgery to place a small ring of magnetic beads around the lower esophagus, just above the stomach, to help strengthen a weak valve that normally keeps stomach acid from flowing backward. The ring allows food and liquid to pass through normally during swallowing but closes again afterward to resist reflux. It is used to treat chronic acid reflux as an alternative to a traditional wrap-style reflux surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laparoscopic Placement Of Reflux Control Device cost?

$2,125

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,125 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$759 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$676 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $646 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $977professional $1,148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$40,738.03
Typical High
$40,738.03
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 22.9 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Carolina· 45th of 50

$2,125

$1,148 physician + $977 facility

IN $30,204WV $1,321

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.