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Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound

Alabama rates for HCPCS 97606

A treatment session using a specialized device that applies gentle suction to a wound to help draw out fluid, reduce swelling, and encourage new tissue growth, along with a fresh wound dressing and care instructions. This version applies to a larger total wound area than the more limited version of the same treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound cost?

$641

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $641 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.90 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$38.90$32.36 to $58.88
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$525 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $63 to $891Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $25 to $63
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $603professional $39

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
$33.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 19.7 times more in Delaware 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

Alabama· 4th of 48

$641

$38.90 physician + $603 facility

DE $1,391CA $70.57

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.