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Gastric Bypass With Intestinal Rerouting

South Carolina 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?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $955 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,778$1,585 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$603 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,692
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $955professional $1,778

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
$2,137.96
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$28,840.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,454.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
11 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
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$1,778

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.