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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

North Dakota 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 4 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$537$490 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$550 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,511Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $550professional $537

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
$549.54
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 46th of 51

$550

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.