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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

Alaska rates for HCPCS 43843

Open weight-loss surgery that makes the stomach smaller, so that a smaller amount of food brings a feeling of fullness, without rerouting the intestine. It covers stomach-reducing techniques other than the vertical banded approach.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery cost?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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$3,236$1,380 to $5,248
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,514 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $4,169Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $7,244
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $3,236

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
$3,801.89
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.5 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$2,884

CA $3,236VT $1,288

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.