go back

Stomach-Intestine Connection Revision With Nerve Cut

California rates for HCPCS 43855

This covers surgery to revise or reconstruct a surgical connection between the stomach and the first part of the small intestine that was created during an earlier stomach operation, combined with cutting a nerve that reduces stomach acid production. It is performed when the earlier connection is not functioning well and acid-related problems are also a concern. This is a more extensive version of a stomach connection revision surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stomach-Intestine Connection Revision With Nerve Cut cost?

$11,482

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,482 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8,511 from a physician practice, and about $11,749 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$8,511$2,344 to $8,511
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,749$8,318 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,749 · 10th to 90th $6,918 to $19,055Professionalmedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $8,511
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $11,749professional $8,511

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$20,417.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,943.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$6,025.60
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where California sits

The same service costs 380.2 times more in California than in South Carolina. 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.

California· 1st of 46

$11,482

CA $11,482SC $30.20

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.