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Additional Wound Cleaning (Debridement)

Florida 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?

$1,075

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,075 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $27.54 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$27.54$19.50 to $45.71
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$182 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $65 to $9,333Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $10 to $85
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $28

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
$64.57
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$100.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$42.66
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$56.23
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$47.86
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$72.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$60.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12

Where Florida 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

Florida· 14th of 51

$1,075

$27.54 physician + $1,047 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.