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Keyhole Placement Of Stomach Stimulator Electrodes

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 43647

Through several small incisions with a camera, electrodes are attached to the muscle wall of the lower part of the stomach, or worn electrodes are replaced. The pulse generator that drives them sits under the skin and is placed in a separate procedure. The mild electrical pulses are used for people with long-standing nausea and vomiting caused by a stomach that empties too slowly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Placement Of Stomach Stimulator Electrodes cost?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$417$331 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$741 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $617 to $11,220Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $269 to $724
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $417

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
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$457

CA $2,754VT $417

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.