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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Tennessee 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?

$249

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $249 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $39.81 to the doctor who performs it, and $209 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$39.81$27.54 to $52.48
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$209$43.65 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $26 to $309Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $24 to $83
$10.0$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $209professional $40

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
$26.30
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$83.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$67.61
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66

Where Tennessee 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 feeTennessee $249 · 19th 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.