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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Rhode Island 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?

$345

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $345 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $36.31 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$36.31$27.54 to $48.98
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$204 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $148 to $447Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $25 to $52
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $309professional $36

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10

Where Rhode Island 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 feeRhode Island $345 · 7th 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.