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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 October 2026.

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

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$490 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$2,455 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $891 to $15,488Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $282 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $575

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
$758.58
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$575

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.