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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Nebraska 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?

$341

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $341 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.90 to the doctor who performs it, and $302 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$38.90$31.62 to $51.29
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$302$89.13 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $51 to $891Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $22 to $91
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $302professional $39

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
$40.74
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$100.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$269.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$104.71

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 7th of 49

$341

$38.90 physician + $302 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.