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Additional Wound Cleaning (Debridement)

Maryland 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?

$34.67

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $22.91 to $57.54.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $22 to $224Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $18 to $123
$10$20$50$100$200facility $58professional $30

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
$22.39
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$134.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$61.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$61.66
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$34.67

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.