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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 July 2026.

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

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 4 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$562$457 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$1,259 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $912 to $7,413Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $562

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.5 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.

Alabama· 36th of 51

$603

CA $2,692VT $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.