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Gastric Bypass With Intestinal Rerouting

Colorado 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?

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,399$2,042 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$2,884 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $12,589Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $2,399

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
$2,570.40
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,168.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,467.37
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,630.78
9 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
$851.14
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$2,455

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.