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Gastric Bypass With Intestinal Rerouting

Iowa 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?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$2,512$1,862 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,754 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $7,586
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,266professional $2,512

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
$2,951.21
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,897.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $2,818 · 9th 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.