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Procedure price report · Nasogastric tube

Stomach tube with suction and washing for treatment

CPT 43753the billing code this page is about

A physician passes a tube into the stomach to suction out contents and wash the stomach, such as during bleeding or after a poisoning.

Hospitals typically charge $297 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,053 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $310. Most fall between $107 and $582 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,053
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,053 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$59$137$297$506$834

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($59 vs $834).

How the prices are spread

$37 – $52: 70 hospitals$37$52 – $73: 112 hospitals$73 – $104: 115 hospitals$73$104 – $146: 134 hospitals$146 – $207: 197 hospitals$146$207 – $292: 275 hospitals$292 – $413: 352 hospitals$292$413 – $583: 292 hospitals$583 – $824: 192 hospitals$583$824 – $1,164: 111 hospitals$824median $297price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,850 of 2,053 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$37$5270
$52$73112
$73$104115
$104$146134
$146$207197
$207$292275
$292$413352
$413$583292
$583$824192
$824$1,164111

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$221
Median cash price$297
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.35×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $297.

Alaska: median $363 across 10 hospitalsAK$363Maine: median $213 across 20 hospitalsME$213Vermont: median $173 across 10 hospitalsVT$173New Hampshire: median $64 across 13 hospitalsNH$64Washington: median $258 across 62 hospitalsWA$258Idaho: median $281 across 18 hospitalsID$281Montana: median $193 across 23 hospitalsMT$193North Dakota: median $350 across 19 hospitalsND$350Minnesota: median $251 across 54 hospitalsMN$251Illinois: median $340 across 90 hospitalsIL$340Wisconsin: median $166 across 55 hospitalsWI$166Michigan: median $306 across 59 hospitalsMI$306New York: median $361 across 82 hospitalsNY$361Massachusetts: median $358 across 39 hospitalsMA$358Oregon: median $115 across 39 hospitalsOR$115Nevada: median $218 across 14 hospitalsNV$218Wyoming: median $91 across 10 hospitalsWY$91South Dakota: median $106 across 14 hospitalsSD$106Iowa: median $193 across 47 hospitalsIA$193Indiana: median $227 across 50 hospitalsIN$227Ohio: median $364 across 106 hospitalsOH$364Pennsylvania: median $264 across 81 hospitalsPA$264New Jersey: median $739 across 45 hospitalsNJ$739Connecticut: median $199 across 17 hospitalsCT$199Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $582 across 125 hospitalsCA$582Utah: median $1,119 across 27 hospitalsUT$1,119Colorado: median $358 across 43 hospitalsCO$358Nebraska: median $203 across 42 hospitalsNE$203Missouri: median $215 across 46 hospitalsMO$215Kentucky: median $391 across 44 hospitalsKY$391West Virginia: median $344 across 31 hospitalsWV$344Virginia: median $217 across 53 hospitalsVA$217Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $900 across 20 hospitalsAZ$900New Mexico: median $121 across 19 hospitalsNM$121Kansas: median $204 across 45 hospitalsKS$204Arkansas: median $174 across 20 hospitalsAR$174Tennessee: median $85 across 34 hospitalsTN$85North Carolina: median $272 across 46 hospitalsNC$272South Carolina: median $307 across 31 hospitalsSC$307Oklahoma: median $197 across 55 hospitalsOK$197Louisiana: median $184 across 38 hospitalsLA$184Mississippi: median $182 across 44 hospitalsMS$182Alabama: median $203 across 21 hospitalsAL$203Georgia: median $576 across 72 hospitalsGA$576Hawaii: median $547 across 10 hospitalsHI$547Texas: median $322 across 135 hospitalsTX$322Florida: median $416 across 63 hospitalsFL$416
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $297. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT27$1,119+277%$675 – $1,317
Arizona AZ20$900+203%$265 – $4,150
New Jersey NJ45$739+149%$340 – $4,350
California CA125$582+96%$312 – $773
Georgia GA72$576+94%$146 – $1,454
Hawaii HI10$547+84%$354 – $653
Florida FL63$416+40%$97 – $764
Kentucky KY44$391+32%$139 – $463
Ohio OH106$364+22%$233 – $793
Alaska AK10$363+22%$173 – $546
New York NY82$361+22%$82 – $674
Colorado CO43$358+21%$171 – $625
Massachusetts MA39$358+21%$137 – $546
North Dakota ND19$350+18%$67 – $558
West Virginia WV31$344+16%$83 – $610
Illinois IL90$340+14%$119 – $629
Texas TX135$322+8%$183 – $506
South Carolina SC31$307+4%$249 – $473
Michigan MI59$306+3%$155 – $897
Idaho ID18$281−5%$53 – $863
North Carolina NC46$272−8%$161 – $414
Pennsylvania PA81$264−11%$173 – $456
Washington WA62$258−13%$131 – $663
Minnesota MN54$251−16%$78 – $422
Indiana IN50$227−24%$70 – $443
Nevada NV14$218−26%$101 – $476
Virginia VA53$217−27%$133 – $393
Missouri MO46$215−28%$85 – $371
Maine ME20$213−28%$50 – $381
Kansas KS45$204−31%$58 – $430
Nebraska NE42$203−32%$61 – $403
Alabama AL21$203−32%$122 – $330
Connecticut CT17$199−33%$45 – $492
Oklahoma OK55$197−34%$89 – $370
Montana MT23$193−35%$64 – $346
Iowa IA47$193−35%$56 – $332
Louisiana LA38$184−38%$102 – $300
Mississippi MS44$182−39%$80 – $275
Arkansas AR20$174−42%$45 – $328
Vermont VT10$173−42%$90 – $499
Wisconsin WI55$166−44%$125 – $332
New Mexico NM19$121−59%$97 – $377
Oregon OR39$115−61%$58 – $487
South Dakota SD14$106−64%$53 – $375
Wyoming WY10$91−69%$29 – $314
Tennessee TN34$85−71%$63 – $308
New Hampshire NH13$64−79%$28 – $172
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $297.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,433$337$147 – $618
Children’s35$281$169 – $576
Critical access579$197$63 – $433
Ownership
For-profit183$312$125 – $762
Government392$268$78 – $495
Non-profit1,472$307$116 – $592
System affiliation
Part of a system1,645$309$125 – $592
Independent408$250$64 – $517

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$506
Median cash price$297
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,604 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $321 and the average of the middle 60% is $335; most fall between $130 and $600.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,604 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$67$173$321$533$875

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($67 vs $875).

Of the 1,725 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,604 gave a usable cash price; 42 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 79 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,053 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (52%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,214 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,053
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here78
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded83
Hospitals that filed this code2,214

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Nasogastric tube family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Gastric Intubatj & Aspiraj W/Phys Skill/Lavage.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Stomach tube with suction and washing for treatment (CPT 43753) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-43753-stomach-tube-with-suction-and-washing-for-treatment