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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

Montana 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$851$603 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$871 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $871 to $8,318Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $79 to $933
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $891professional $851

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 17th of 51

$871

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.