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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

How much does Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery cost?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,514$1,230 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$1,000 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,248Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $1,514

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Arkansas· 31st of 51

$1,514

AK $5,248TX $200

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.