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Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump

Iowa 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?

$852

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $852 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$31.62 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$79.43 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $38 to $1,072Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $25 to $603
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $263

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$331.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$575.44
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$41.69

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 9th of 47

$852

$263 physician + $589 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.