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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

Alabama rates for HCPCS 43648

A keyhole operation to adjust, reposition, or take out the electrode wires of a gastric stimulator, a device implanted on the stomach wall that delivers mild electrical pulses to help control severe nausea and vomiting. The surgeon works through several small abdominal incisions using a camera for guidance.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$550$479 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,631 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $5,495Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $550

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

Alabama· 36th of 51

$603

AK $2,344HI $398

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.