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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 July 2026.

How much does Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound cost?

$95.39

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.39 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $41.69 to the doctor who performs it, and $53.70 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$41.69$28.18 to $51.29
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$53.70$38.90 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $28 to $339Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $25 to $71
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $54professional $42

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
$34.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$66.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$51.29

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 9.0 times more in Oklahoma than in California. 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· 43rd of 48

$95.39

$41.69 physician + $53.70 facility

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.