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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Minnesota 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?

$169

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $169 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $53.70 to the doctor who performs it, and $115 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$53.70$37.15 to $89.13
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$115$48.98 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $28 to $550Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $26 to $123
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $115professional $54

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
$27.54
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$151.36
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$181.97
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$109.65
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
$4.07
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.90

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 17th of 49

$169

$53.70 physician + $115 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.