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Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump

Minnesota 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?

$855

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $855 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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$224$39.81 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$398 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $26 to $1,514Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $26 to $977
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $224

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
$25.70
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$851.14
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
$12.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 7th of 47

$855

$224 physician + $631 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.