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Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound

Arkansas 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?

$410

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $410 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.90 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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$38.90$28.84 to $56.23
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$48.98 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $40 to $525Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $25 to $98
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $372professional $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
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$97.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$50.12

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 9th of 48

$410

$38.90 physician + $372 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.