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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

Indiana 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?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $11,482 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 5 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$1,318$1,230 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,482$7,762 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $18,197Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,089
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,482professional $1,318

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
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,412.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 37th of 51

$1,380

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.