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Wound Vacuum Therapy, Smaller Wound

Wisconsin 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?

$114

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $114 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $64.57 to the doctor who performs it, and $48.98 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$64.57$41.69 to $100
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$48.98$29.51 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $26 to $138Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $27 to $145
$20$50$100$200$500facility $49professional $65

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
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$128.82
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$158.49
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$51.29
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$104.71
8 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
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$18.62
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.13

Where Wisconsin 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

Wisconsin· 23rd of 49

$114

$64.57 physician + $48.98 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.