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Stomach Suctioning and Washout by a Doctor

Tennessee 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?

$673

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $673 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $27.54 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$27.54$22.91 to $155
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$417 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $182 to $2,089Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $20 to $174
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $646professional $28

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 19th of 51

$673

$27.54 physician + $646 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.