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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Delaware 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?

$85.07

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.07 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $28.84 to the doctor who performs it, and $56.23 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$28.84$22.91 to $40.74
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$56.23$36.31 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $25 to $575Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $17 to $50
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $56professional $29

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$50.12
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$45.71

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 32nd of 49

$85.07

$28.84 physician + $56.23 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.