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Additional Wound Cleaning (Debridement)

Iowa 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?

$648

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $648 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $45.71 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$45.71$26.30 to $70.79
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$66.07 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $48 to $6,761Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $17 to $132
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $603professional $46

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
$51.29
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$120.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$190.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$87.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$69.18

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 19th of 51

$648

$45.71 physician + $603 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.