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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Alaska rates for HCPCS 97605

This treatment applies a specialized dressing connected to a device that gently suctions the wound, which can help draw out fluid and encourage healing in a wound that isn't healing well on its own. This version applies to a smaller wound area, in contrast to the version used for larger wounds.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound cost?

$157

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $157 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $66.07 to the doctor who performs it, and $91.20 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$66.07$39.81 to $83.18
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$91.20$64.57 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $45 to $589Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $35 to $115
$20$50$100$200$500facility $91professional $66

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$125.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 86.3 times more in Connecticut than in New Jersey. 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

Alaska· 18th of 49

$157

$66.07 physician + $91.20 facility

CT $4,814NJ $55.76

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.