Whatever you do, please be sure to install at least one, ideally several working carbon monoxide (CO) detectors in your home. Gas fireplaces that aren’t vented correctly or that don’t burn off the fuel properly can produce carbon monoxide which is odorless, tasteless, colorless - essentially not detectable without specialized machinery - and can kill you or anyone in the home within minutes.

I do not recommend working with gas with zero experience.

I do have non-zero experience. Regardless I'm not really asking for advice on how to work with gas. I'm asking for an idea of what I need to be looking for to get this fireplace running. Even if I hire a plumber (and I probably will), I will still have to buy a fireplace set, and I have no idea what to buy, or even begin to look at prices, or anything.

You call an hvac technician. No offense but you don't know what you're doing. You will likely kill people dicking around with gas.

I'm not really dicking around with gas. I'm looking for advice on how to order parts for a fireplace. I'm not going to pay someone to tell me what kind of fireplace I need to buy when someone on reddit can point me in the right direction. If it's more complicated than that, you should tell me why, otherwise I will just be guessing at what I'm doing. That is much more likely to cause the outcome you are concerned about.

There are many companies that specialize in fireplace installation. Plumbers can move the gas lines, replace valves etc... but the fireplace company can provide you with the appropriate equipment and perform chimney/vent inspections (which is definitely a good idea with something that hasn't been used in a while).

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I used to do hvac as an assistant. There's lots of thought that goes into an install.

What's your chimney liner like? Do you have a chimney liner? Is the interior of your chimney collapsed? Can you accommodate a direct vent setup? Do you have electricity at the fireplace? Is that gas line even still connected?

The previous owners removed the insert for a reason. Finding out why is a good step.

This is why you call a gas tech. They can come by and for a small fee give you an idea of whether or not your setup is workable, or if it's not. You strike me as someone who likes to save money and if you've gotta replace the chimney, that's not cheap and not to be done by amateurs. Further, the majority of insurance companies will fuck you sideways if you so much as breathe on a gas appliance without being licensed.