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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

Kansas 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?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$1,738$1,349 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$1,950 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,188
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $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
$1,621.81
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 8th of 51

$2,042

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.