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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

New Jersey 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?

$347

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.02 to the doctor who performs it, and $309 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$38.02$25.70 to $45.71
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$77.62 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $35 to $575Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $21 to $102
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $309professional $38

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
$34.67
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$69.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$51.29

Where New Jersey 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 feeNew Jersey $347 · 6th 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.