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Additional Wound Cleaning (Debridement)

Ohio 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?

$521

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $521 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $42.66 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$42.66$26.30 to $58.88
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$79.43 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $34 to $9,550Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $23 to $107
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $479professional $43

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
$33.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$2,089.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$83.18
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$380.19
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$83.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$58.88

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 25th of 51

$521

$42.66 physician + $479 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.