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Gastric Bypass With Intestinal Rerouting

West Virginia 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?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$1,905$1,622 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$562 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $35 to $1,413Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $4,266
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $661professional $1,905

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 35th of 51

$1,905

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.