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Suction Wound Therapy With A Single-Use Pump

Virginia 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?

$190

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $190 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $48.98 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$141$26.30 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$48.98$28.84 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $24 to $4,571Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $22 to $437
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $49professional $141

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
$23.99
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$436.52
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$426.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$158.49
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
$12.02
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$38.02

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 36th of 47

$190

$141 physician + $48.98 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.