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Additional Wound Cleaning (Debridement)

South Carolina 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?

$546

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $546 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $33.11 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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$33.11$23.99 to $45.71
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$162 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $34 to $9,772Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $20 to $51
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $513professional $33

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
$45.71
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$51.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$50.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$81.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$57.54

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 23rd of 51

$546

$33.11 physician + $513 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.