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Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound

Massachusetts 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?

$101

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $101 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $51.29 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$51.29$30.20 to $77.62
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$50.12$30.20 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $28 to $676Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $27 to $120
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $50professional $51

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
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$114.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$776.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$120.23
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$75.86
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$128.82
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$158.49
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$776.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$123.03

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 40th of 48

$101

$51.29 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.