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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 July 2026.

How much does Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound cost?

$211

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, July 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 $45.71
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$178$45.71 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $33 to $245Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $22 to $55
$20$50$100$200$500facility $178professional $33

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
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$54.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 9.0 times more in Oklahoma than in California. 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· 21st of 48

$211

$33.11 physician + $178 facility

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.