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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

South Carolina 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?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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$1,259$933 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,000 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $708 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,905
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $1,259

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
$1,513.56
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
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
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$1,259

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.