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Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump

Utah 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?

$1,020

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,020 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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$295$32.36 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$209 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,175Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $27 to $447
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $724professional $295

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
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$446.68
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$27.54
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
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
$13.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.90

Where Utah 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

Utah· 6th of 47

$1,020

$295 physician + $724 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.