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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

South 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?

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$1,023$537 to $3,388
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$692 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,266
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $1,023

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 5th of 51

$1,023

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.