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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 October 2026.

How much does Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads cost?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,148$589 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,291 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $776 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,715
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $1,148

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
$2,089.30
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 9th of 51

$1,175

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.