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Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump

North Dakota 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?

$418

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $79.43 to the doctor who performs it, and $339 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$79.43$44.67 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$339$24.55 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $25 to $501Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $38 to $933
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $339professional $79

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
$24.55
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$323.59
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$33.88

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 25th of 47

$418

$79.43 physician + $339 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.