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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

Michigan 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$617$562 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$4,074 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $759 to $8,710Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $417 to $10,233
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $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
$741.31
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,949.84
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 25th of 51

$631

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.