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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

North Carolina 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$468 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$562 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,710Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,047
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $741professional $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
$562.34
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 31st of 51

$617

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.