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Stomach Suctioning and Washout by a Doctor

Iowa 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?

$622

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $622 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $46.77 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$46.77$35.48 to $50.12
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$58.88 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $41 to $2,754Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $25 to $79
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $575professional $47

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
$35.48
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$158.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$53.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$60.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
1 more rate 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 23rd of 51

$622

$46.77 physician + $575 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.