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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

Arkansas 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$537$417 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,230 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $457 to $6,026Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $407 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $537

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
$457.09
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 42nd of 51

$589

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.