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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Arkansas 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?

$211

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $211 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $33.11 to the doctor who performs it, and $178 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$33.11$24.55 to $46.77
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$178$178 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $178 to $245Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $21 to $55
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $178professional $33

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
$24.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$54.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$45.71
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$42.66
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.37
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 15th of 49

$211

$33.11 physician + $178 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.