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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

Nebraska 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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$525 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$6,166 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $851 to $14,454Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 20th of 51

$661

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.