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Stomach Suctioning and Washout by a Doctor

Virginia 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?

$765

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $765 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $23.44 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$23.44$20.89 to $25.70
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$151 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $25 to $4,365Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $19 to $30
$100$1K$10Kfacility $741professional $23

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
$24.55
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.02
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
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.62

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 17th of 51

$765

$23.44 physician + $741 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.