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Additional Wound Cleaning (Debridement)

Washington, DC 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?

$22.91

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $19.50 to $45.71.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $44 to $4,074Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $9 to $44
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $22

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
$43.65
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$43.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$64.57
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$22.91

AK $74.13DC $22.91

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.