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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 October 2026.

How much does Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound cost?

$491

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $491 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $33.88 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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$33.88$26.92 to $44.67
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$234 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $45 to $832Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $21 to $54
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $457professional $34

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
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$44.67
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
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.90

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 3rd of 49

$491

$33.88 physician + $457 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.