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Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound

Utah 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?

$617

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $41.69 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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$41.69$29.51 to $53.70
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$48.98 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $35 to $1,202Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $25 to $110
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $575professional $42

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
$35.48
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$67.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$54.95
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$52.48

Where Utah 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

Utah· 5th of 48

$617

$41.69 physician + $575 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.