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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

Minnesota 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?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$1,445$977 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,570 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $479 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $1,445

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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$39,810.72
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,467.37
5 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
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$2,042

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.