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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

43757 Duodenal aspiration Medicare reimbursement rates in Florida

Reports diagnostic collection of multiple aspirate specimens from the duodenum by intubation, such as sampling contents for laboratory analysis. Compare 43757 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Florida.

Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.

What does Medicare pay for 43757 in Florida?

Florida has 3 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 3 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

$394.25–$429.82

3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Rest Of Florida

Highest: Miami

A spread of $35.57 per service.

Facility setting

$71.42–$78.29

3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Rest Of Florida

Highest: Miami

A spread of $6.87 per service.

These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.

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Where 43757 pays more and less in Florida

3 payment localities

$394.25 to $429.82

$394.25$412.03$429.82
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Gastroenterology

About 43757: Diagnostic duodenal aspiration, multiple specimens

Reports diagnostic collection of multiple aspirate specimens from the duodenum by intubation, such as sampling contents for laboratory analysis.

A clinician advances an intubation tube into the duodenum and collects multiple aspirate specimens for diagnostic testing. Gastroenterologists and other physicians performing gastrointestinal diagnostic procedures may use this service when duodenal contents need laboratory assessment, including evaluation for suspected small-intestinal bacterial overgrowth. The service involves aspiration of duodenal contents rather than tissue sampling by biopsy.

Select this code when the documented procedure collects multiple diagnostic specimens from the duodenum; a single-specimen collection is represented by 43756. The record should identify the duodenal sampling site, diagnostic purpose, and collection of multiple specimens. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this service.

CMS billing rules for 43757

Global period
Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
Bilateral procedures
Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
Assistant at surgery
Assistant at surgery may be paid.
Co-surgeons
Co-surgeons not permitted.
Team surgery
Team surgery not permitted.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU1.23 · 10%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU10.84 · 89%
  • Malpractice RVU0.14 · 1%

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This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

43757 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Florida, from the same CMS release.

43756

Duodenal aspiration

Single specimen

$292.32–$318.17

Choose 43757 when multiple diagnostic specimens are collected from the duodenum; 43756 describes a single specimen.

43755

Gastric aspiration

Multiple diagnostic specimens

$217.57–$236.87

43755 is diagnostic aspiration from the stomach. Use 43757 for multiple diagnostic specimens collected from the duodenum.

43754

Gastric aspiration

Single specimen

$327.08–$358.13

43754 describes therapeutic gastric intubation and aspiration, not multiple diagnostic specimens collected from the duodenum.

Compare 43757 by payment locality

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3 of 3 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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43757 billing questions

How does this differ from 43756?

Both describe diagnostic duodenal aspiration. Use 43757 for multiple specimens and 43756 for a single specimen.

Can each specimen be billed as a separate unit?

The multiple-specimen code represents the diagnostic collection of multiple specimens. Document the collection clearly rather than counting each specimen as a separate service.

How does this differ from 43755?

Code 43755 is for diagnostic aspiration from the stomach. Code 43757 is for multiple diagnostic specimens collected from the duodenum.

Is same-day preoperative or postoperative care included?

Yes. The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care.

Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?

CMS allows payment for an assistant at surgery. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted for this code.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.

Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.

RVUs for 43757PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 5,288 (RVU26D)