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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

New Jersey 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 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 5 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$562$417 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$6,166 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $12,303Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,230
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0Kfacility $7,762professional $562

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
$4,466.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$47,863.01
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in California than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Jersey $575 · 43rd of 51
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.