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Laparoscopic Revision or Removal of Gastric Stimulator Leads

Virginia 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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 8 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$631$537 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$676 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $437 to $11,220Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,259professional $631

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
$758.58
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 16th of 51

$676

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.