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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,318$1,202 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,000 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $1,738
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,318

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$954.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$954.99
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
11 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
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$691.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$275.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,023.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$204.17
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 40th of 51

$1,318

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.