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Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump

California 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 July 2026.

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

$77.62

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $64.57 to $112.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $60 to $347Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $21 to $813
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $76professional $224

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$190.55
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$812.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where California sits

The same service costs 2884.0 times more in Florida than in Delaware. 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.

California· 40th of 48

$77.62

FL $77,625DE $26.92

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.