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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 October 2026.

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

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $6,310 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$933$724 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,310$2,630 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $13,183Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,266
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $933

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$977

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.