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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

Nebraska 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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 6 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$1,380$1,230 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$2,291 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $1,380

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$28,840.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,748.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$1,660

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.