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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 July 2026.

How much does Gastric Bypass With Intestinal Rerouting cost?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 4 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$1,950$1,698 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,259 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,548
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,548professional $1,950

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $1,995 · 33rd of 51
MN $4,169KY $1,778

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.