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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

Rhode Island 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,585$1,413 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,230 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $708 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,089
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,585

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
3 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
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 26th of 51

$1,585

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.