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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

Indiana 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $9,120 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$251 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,120$2,951 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $25,704Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $214 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $537

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
$562.34
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$28,840.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$19,054.61
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,905.46
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 42nd of 51

$550

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.