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Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump

Nebraska 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?

$1,039

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,039 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.90 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$38.90$29.51 to $85.11
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$537 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,862Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $21 to $562
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,000professional $39

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
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$977.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$724.44

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 5th of 47

$1,039

$38.90 physician + $1,000 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.