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Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound

Kansas 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?

$208

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $208 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $41.69 to the doctor who performs it, and $166 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$41.69$26.30 to $58.88
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$166$54.95 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $36 to $417Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $26 to $68
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $166professional $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
$36.31
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 18th of 48

$208

$41.69 physician + $166 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.