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Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound

Nebraska 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?

$160

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $160 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $52.48 to the doctor who performs it, and $107 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$52.48$39.81 to $85.11
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$107$57.54 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $55 to $891Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $26 to $138
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $107professional $52

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
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$123.03

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 26th of 48

$160

$52.48 physician + $107 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.