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Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump

Kentucky 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?

$71.83

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $71.83 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $34.67 to the doctor who performs it, and $37.15 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$34.67$23.44 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$37.15$23.99 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $23 to $316Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $20 to $324
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $37professional $35

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
$23.44
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$47.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$36.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$31.62

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 45th of 47

$71.83

$34.67 physician + $37.15 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.