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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 October 2026.

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

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$1,549$891 to $3,388
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$813 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $741 to $4,467Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,169
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $1,549

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
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
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 5th of 51

$1,738

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.