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Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump

South 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?

$575

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $85.11 to the doctor who performs it, and $490 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$85.11$37.15 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$490$39.81 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $34 to $617Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $26 to $676
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $85

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$380.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$380.19
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$323.59
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$616.60
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
$11.75
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$39.81

Where South 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

South Dakota· 18th of 47

$575

$85.11 physician + $490 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.