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Stomach Suctioning and Washout by a Doctor

Delaware rates for HCPCS 43753

A tube is used to suction the contents of the stomach and, when needed, wash it out with fluid, in a situation that requires a physician's own hands and judgement rather than routine nursing care, such as active bleeding in the stomach. Fluid is instilled and drawn back repeatedly to clear blood or contents. It is a bedside procedure with no scope or incision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stomach Suctioning and Washout by a Doctor cost?

$166

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $21.88 to the doctor who performs it, and $145 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$21.88$20.89 to $23.99
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$145$89.13 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $68 to $1,698Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $19 to $29
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $145professional $22

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
$21.88
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.90

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 40.0 times more in New York than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Delaware· 47th of 51

$166

$21.88 physician + $145 facility

NY $2,775MT $69.37

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.