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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

Massachusetts 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?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,089$1,514 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,380 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,166Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $12,303
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $2,089

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,090.30
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,290.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
8 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
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$2,042

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.