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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Kansas 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?

$253

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $253 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.90 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$38.90$28.18 to $56.23
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$214 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $42 to $224Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $19 to $93
$20$50$100$200facility $214professional $39

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
$33.11
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$56.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$44.67

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 11th of 49

$253

$38.90 physician + $214 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.