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Additional Wound Cleaning (Debridement)

New Jersey 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?

$48.98

Typical physician fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $25.70 to $537.

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 $2,754 · 10th to 90th $51 to $10,233Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $11 to $135
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $35

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
$44.67
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$239.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$95.50
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$58.88

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 16th of 51

$48.98

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.