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Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound

Mississippi 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?

$286

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $286 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $45.71 to the doctor who performs it, and $240 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$45.71$28.84 to $57.54
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$240$52.48 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $28 to $603Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $26 to $87
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $46

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
$28.18
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$87.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$56.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 13th of 48

$286

$45.71 physician + $240 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.