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Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound

Georgia 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?

$97.15

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.15 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $44.67 to the doctor who performs it, and $52.48 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$44.67$30.20 to $54.95
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$52.48$35.48 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $1 to $708Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $27 to $79
$1$10$100facility $52professional $45

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
$0.54
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$81.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$79.43
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$177.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 42nd of 48

$97.15

$44.67 physician + $52.48 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.