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Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound

Kentucky 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?

$85.60

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.60 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $35.48 to the doctor who performs it, and $50.12 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$35.48$26.92 to $48.98
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$50.12$39.81 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $28 to $363Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $23 to $59
$20$50$100$200$500facility $50professional $35

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
$27.54
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$60.26
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$245.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$48.98

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 47th of 48

$85.60

$35.48 physician + $50.12 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.