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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Arizona 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?

$117

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $35.48 to the doctor who performs it, and $81.28 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$35.48$24.55 to $42.66
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$81.28$43.65 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $44 to $269Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $21 to $158
$20$50$100$200facility $81professional $35

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
$25.70
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$44.67
2 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
$3.39
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.98

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 22nd of 49

$117

$35.48 physician + $81.28 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.