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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Idaho 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?

$245

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $40.74 to the doctor who performs it, and $204 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$40.74$31.62 to $54.95
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$204$67.61 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $40 to $525Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $26 to $69
$20$50$100$200$500facility $204professional $41

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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$40.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.75
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$239.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$44.67
5 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
$5.25
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$66.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.71
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$34.67
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$37.15

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 12th of 49

$245

$40.74 physician + $204 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.