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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

Louisiana 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?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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$575$447 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,479 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $794 to $9,120Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $407 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $575

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
$776.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$724

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.