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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Michigan 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?

$210

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $210 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $36.31 to the doctor who performs it, and $174 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$36.31$28.84 to $48.98
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$174$48.98 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $30 to $355Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $25 to $59
$10.0$50.0$200.0$1.0Kfacility $174professional $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
$29.51
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$43.65
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$123.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$120.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$64.57
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66

Where Michigan 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 feeMichigan $210 · 22nd 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.