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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 July 2026.

How much does Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound cost?

$255

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $255 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $60.26 to the doctor who performs it, and $195 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$60.26$40.74 to $93.33
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$195$102 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $44 to $617Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $28 to $126
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $195professional $60

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
$26.92
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$194.98
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$114.82

Where Minnesota 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 feeMinnesota $255 · 17th 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.