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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

South Dakota 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?

$110

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $46.77 to the doctor who performs it, and $63.10 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$46.77$35.48 to $67.61
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$63.10$41.69 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $35 to $100Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $26 to $91
$20$50$100$200$500facility $63professional $47

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$158.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$72.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$53.70
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$66.07
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
$3.63
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.90

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 25th of 49

$110

$46.77 physician + $63.10 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.