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Stomach Suctioning and Washout by a Doctor

South Carolina 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?

$266

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $266 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $25.70 to the doctor who performs it, and $240 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$25.70$20.42 to $30.20
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$240$138 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,738Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $39
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $240professional $26

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
$25.70
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$50.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$42.66
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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.37

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$266

$25.70 physician + $240 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.