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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Alabama 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?

$325

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $325 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $36.31 to the doctor who performs it, and $288 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$36.31$30.20 to $50.12
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$288$234 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $54 to $468Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $23 to $54
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $288professional $36

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
$30.90
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69

Where Alabama 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 feeAlabama $325 · 8th 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.