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Additional Wound Cleaning (Debridement)

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 97598

An add-on procedure for cleaning and removing dead or damaged tissue from a larger wound, covering the area beyond what the base cleaning service already addresses. It is used when a wound is large enough that more than one section needs this tissue-removal treatment during the same visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Wound Cleaning (Debridement) cost?

$3,580

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,580 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $31.62 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$31.62$21.38 to $53.70
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$380 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $245 to $7,943Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $11 to $91
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $32

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,760.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$109.65
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 71.0 times more in Connecticut than in California. 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

Connecticut· 1st of 51

$3,580

$31.62 physician + $3,548 facility

CT $3,580CA $50.40

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.