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Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $855 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$27.54 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$398 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $219 to $891Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $23 to $537
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $646professional $209

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$407.38

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 8th of 47

$855

$209 physician + $646 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.