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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Louisiana 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?

$154

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $154 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $36.31 to the doctor who performs it, and $117 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$36.31$29.51 to $48.98
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$117$48.98 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $32 to $380Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $23 to $59
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $117professional $36

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
$30.20
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $154 · 30th 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.