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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

Massachusetts 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 7 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$617$537 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,455 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,511Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,349
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $617

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$15,488.17
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,698.24
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$15,488.17
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$661

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.