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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

New Mexico 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?

$187

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $187 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.90 to the doctor who performs it, and $148 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$38.90$29.51 to $48.98
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$148$40.74 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $32 to $832Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $23 to $135
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $148professional $39

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
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico $187 · 26th 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.