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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 October 2026.

How much does Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound cost?

$306

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $306 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $30.90 to the doctor who performs it, and $275 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$30.90$19.95 to $39.81
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$275$269 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $269 to $275Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $13 to $54
$10$20$50$100$200facility $275professional $31

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.37
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 10th of 49

$306

$30.90 physician + $275 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.