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Keyhole Gastric Bypass Limiting Absorption

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 43645

A weight-loss operation done through small abdominal incisions with a camera, in which the stomach is made much smaller and the small intestine is rerouted so food bypasses a long stretch of it. Because food and digestive juices only meet near the end of the intestine, far fewer calories and nutrients are taken up. It combines a smaller stomach with deliberately reduced absorption.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Gastric Bypass Limiting Absorption cost?

$5,186

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,186 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$1,950$1,622 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,259 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $724 to $22,909Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,818
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $1,950

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$37,153.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,630.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,162.28
9 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$371.54

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Maine than in Delaware. 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

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$5,186

$1,950 physician + $3,236 facility

ME $28,702DE $3,966

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.