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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 July 2026.

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

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$1,288$1,023 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$4,074 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $776 to $30,200Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,888professional $1,288

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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$47,863.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,220.18
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$1,288

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.