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Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump

Alaska rates for HCPCS 97608

Applies a sealed dressing connected to a small pump that draws fluid away from a wound and pulls its edges together, encouraging healing. This version uses a disposable, single-use pump system rather than durable equipment, and covers a larger wound surface. The visit includes assessing the wound, placing or changing the dressing, and instructing the patient.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump cost?

$163

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $163 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $85.11 to the doctor who performs it, and $77.62 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$85.11$48.98 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$77.62$54.95 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $42 to $912Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $41 to $776
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $78professional $85

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$1,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$1,174.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$933.25

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 28.7 times more in Washington than in Washington, DC. 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

Alaska· 39th of 47

$163

$85.11 physician + $77.62 facility

WA $1,537DC $53.50

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.