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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Missouri 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?

$86.58

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $86.58 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $39.81 to the doctor who performs it, and $46.77 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$39.81$28.18 to $54.95
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$46.77$38.02 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $26 to $182Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $23 to $105
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $47professional $40

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
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71
2 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
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.25

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 30th of 49

$86.58

$39.81 physician + $46.77 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.