No office rate
43752 represents nasal or oral stomach-tube intubation. Choose 43753 when the documented service includes therapeutic aspiration for a purpose such as decompression.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
43753 Gastric aspiration Medicare reimbursement rates in Missouri
Report this service when a clinician intubates the stomach and aspirates its contents for therapeutic decompression, with lavage included when performed. Compare 43753 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Missouri.
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 43753 in Missouri?
Missouri 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
No supported rate
Facility setting
$19.89–$20.24
3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.
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.
Where 43753 pays more and less in Missouri
Gastrointestinal procedure
About 43753: Therapeutic gastric intubation and aspiration
Report this service when a clinician intubates the stomach and aspirates its contents for therapeutic decompression, with lavage included when performed.
A clinician passes a tube into the stomach and aspirates gastric contents to relieve distention or decompress the stomach. Lavage may be part of the service when performed. A typical situation is therapeutic decompression in a hospital or emergency setting. The service is distinct from placing a tube for feeding and from collecting gastric contents for diagnostic testing.
Report 43753 when the documented purpose is treatment, such as decompression, and the procedure includes gastric aspiration. The record should support the therapeutic indication and describe the intubation and aspiration performed; document lavage if performed. 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, and modifier 50 is inappropriate for this service.
CMS billing rules for 43753
- 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 RVU0.44 · 72%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.09 · 15%
- Malpractice RVU0.08 · 13%
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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.
43753 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Missouri, from the same CMS release.
$294.96–$323.95
43754 is for diagnostic gastric-content collection when one specimen is obtained. 43753 describes therapeutic aspiration, not diagnostic sampling.
$198.06–$215.31
43755 is for diagnostic gastric-content collection involving multiple specimens. The therapeutic purpose, rather than specimen count, distinguishes 43753.
Compare 43753 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
3 of 3 payment localities
Metropolitan Kansas City →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$20.13
Metropolitan St. Louis →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$20.24
Rest Of Missouri →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$19.89
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43753 billing questions
How is 43753 different from 43752?
43753 is for therapeutic gastric intubation with aspiration, such as decompression. Use 43752 for nasal or oral stomach-tube intubation when the service is tube placement rather than the therapeutic aspiration described by 43753.
Can 43753 be reported for gastric contents collected for testing?
No. When the purpose is diagnostic collection of gastric contents, consider 43754 for a single specimen or 43755 for multiple specimens.
Is lavage included in 43753?
Lavage is included when performed as part of the therapeutic gastric intubation and aspiration service.
Can modifier 50 be appended?
No. CMS identifies bilateral adjustment as inappropriate for this service.
What global period applies?
The service has a 0-day global period. Same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
May an assistant, co-surgeon, or surgical team be reported?
An assistant at surgery may be paid. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted under the CMS rules 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.
5,28143653,,Laparoscopy gastrostomy,A,,8.27,6.49,NA,6.49,,2.16,16.92,16.92,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,28243659,,Unlisted laps px stomach,C,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,YYY,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,2,1,1,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,28343752,,Nasal/orogastric w/tube plmt,A,,0.79,0.15,NA,0.15,,0.09,1.03,1.03,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,28443753,,Tx gastro intub w/asp,A,,0.44,0.09,NA,0.09,,0.08,0.61,0.61,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,28543754,,Dx gastr intub w/asp spec,A,,0.44,9.61,,0.88,,0.11,10.16,1.43,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,28643755,,Dx gastr intub w/asp specs,A,,0.92,5.71,,0.64,,0.09,6.72,1.65,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,28743756,,Dx duod intub w/asp spec,A,,0.75,8.26,,0.59,,0.07,9.08,1.41,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00