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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 July 2026.

How much does Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound cost?

$361

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $361 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $66.07 to the doctor who performs it, and $295 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$46.77 to $107
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$295$54.95 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $32 to $631Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $28 to $126
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $295professional $66

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
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$91.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$173.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$91.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$114.82

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.0 times more in Oklahoma than in California. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $361 · 5th of 48
OK $588CA $65.51

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.