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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

Georgia 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$646$562 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$2,754 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $11,749Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $646

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
$2,041.74
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 9th of 51

$776

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.