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Wound Vacuum Therapy For A Larger Wound

Virginia 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?

$96.89

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $96.89 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $46.77 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$46.77$30.90 to $58.88
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$50.12$31.62 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $25 to $832Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $27 to $76
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $50professional $47

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
$24.55
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$70.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$72.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$57.54

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 43rd of 48

$96.89

$46.77 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.