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Additional Wound Cleaning (Debridement)

Nebraska 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?

$2,229

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,229 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $41.69 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$41.69$24.55 to $81.28
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$93.33 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $48 to $12,589Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $19 to $123
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $42

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
$3,388.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$154.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$380.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$97.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$107.15

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$2,229

$41.69 physician + $2,188 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.