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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Virginia 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?

$81.45

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.45 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $34.67 to the doctor who performs it, and $46.77 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$34.67$25.70 to $46.77
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$46.77$32.36 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $24 to $933Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $21 to $56
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $47professional $35

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
$27.54
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
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
$3.39
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.68

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 34th of 49

$81.45

$34.67 physician + $46.77 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.