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Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound

Montana 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?

$116

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $116 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $43.65 to the doctor who performs it, and $72.44 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$43.65$30.20 to $58.88
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$72.44$46.77 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $45 to $724Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $27 to $100
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $72professional $44

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
$144.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$87.10
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$81.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48

Where Montana 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

Montana· 35th of 48

$116

$43.65 physician + $72.44 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.