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Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump

Missouri 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?

$156

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $156 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $46.77 to the doctor who performs it, and $110 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$46.77$34.67 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$110$89.13 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $26 to $1,288Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $26 to $490
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $110professional $47

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
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$363.08
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
$12.02
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$43.65

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 40th of 47

$156

$46.77 physician + $110 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.