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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 October 2026.

How much does Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound cost?

$135

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $30.20 to the doctor who performs it, and $105 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$30.20$20.42 to $38.90
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$105$50.12 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $50 to $339Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $17 to $49
$20$50$100$200$500facility $105professional $30

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
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 20th of 49

$135

$30.20 physician + $105 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.