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Gastric Bypass With Intestinal Rerouting

Alabama rates for HCPCS 43847

An open surgical weight-loss procedure for severe obesity that combines reducing the size of the stomach with rerouting a longer segment of the small intestine, so that fewer calories and nutrients are absorbed. It is a more extensive version of gastric bypass surgery aimed at greater weight loss.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Gastric Bypass With Intestinal Rerouting cost?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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$1,950$1,778 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$955 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,548
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $7,586professional $1,950

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
6 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
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.4 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.

Alabama· 34th of 51

$1,950

AK $6,310TX $1,175

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.