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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

North Dakota 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?

$97.15

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.15 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $52.48 to the doctor who performs it, and $44.67 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$52.48$41.69 to $83.18
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$44.67$26.30 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $26 to $195Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $32 to $102
$20$50$100$200$500facility $45professional $52

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
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
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
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.47

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 28th of 49

$97.15

$52.48 physician + $44.67 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.