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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 July 2026.

How much does Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound cost?

$79.13

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.13 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $35.48 to the doctor who performs it, and $43.65 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$35.48$23.44 to $41.69
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$43.65$25.12 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $22 to $4,169Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $21 to $63
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $44professional $35

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
$21.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 9.0 times more in Oklahoma than in California. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeDelaware $79.13 · 47th of 48
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.