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Additional Wound Cleaning (Debridement)

New Hampshire 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?

$270

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $270 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $40.74 to the doctor who performs it, and $229 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$40.74$23.44 to $61.66
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$229$132 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $132 to $9,772Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $13 to $107
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $229professional $41

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
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$97.72
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$97.72

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 34th of 51

$270

$40.74 physician + $229 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.