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Stomach-Reducing Weight Loss Surgery

Utah 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?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 7 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$1,698$1,318 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,698 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,715
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $1,698

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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,630.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 17th of 51

$1,698

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.