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Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound

Louisiana 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?

$134

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $134 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $40.74 to the doctor who performs it, and $93.33 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$40.74$32.36 to $57.54
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$93.33$57.54 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $35 to $646Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $25 to $69
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $93professional $41

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
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$48.98
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$48.98

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 33rd of 48

$134

$40.74 physician + $93.33 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.