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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

Mississippi 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?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,950$1,202 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,000 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,631
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $1,950

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
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
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
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 16th of 51

$1,950

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.