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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Indiana 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?

$73.56

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $73.56 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $30.90 to the doctor who performs it, and $42.66 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$30.90$21.88 to $40.74
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$42.66$28.84 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $22 to $288Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $19 to $50
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $43professional $31

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
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.12
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$72.44
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$954.99
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$89.13
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
$3.55
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.37

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 42nd of 49

$73.56

$30.90 physician + $42.66 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.