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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Kentucky 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?

$64.49

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.49 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $28.18 to the doctor who performs it, and $36.31 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$28.18$22.39 to $40.74
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$36.31$24.55 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $24 to $54Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $18 to $49
$20$50$100$200facility $36professional $28

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
$23.99
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$41.69
4 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
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.17

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 47th of 49

$64.49

$28.18 physician + $36.31 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.