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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

Idaho 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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$1,738$1,318 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,549 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,692
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $1,738

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,398.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,311.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,071.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,818.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 14th of 51

$1,738

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.