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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

Missouri 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,622 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,622$1,349 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$1,778 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $871 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $11,749
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,622

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 25th of 51

$1,660

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.