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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

North Carolina 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?

$80.55

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $80.55 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $40.74 to the doctor who performs it, and $39.81 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$40.74$30.90 to $63.10
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$39.81$25.70 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $25 to $58Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $25 to $81
$20$50$100facility $40professional $41

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
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$66.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$52.48
7 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
$3.72
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$14.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.00

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 35th of 49

$80.55

$40.74 physician + $39.81 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.