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Low-Frequency Ultrasound Mist Wound Therapy

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 97610

A wound treatment that delivers a fine saline mist driven by low-frequency sound waves across an open wound, with nothing touching the wound surface. The mist helps clean the wound bed and encourage healing in wounds that have been slow to close. The visit also includes assessing the wound and giving instructions for ongoing care at home.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Low-Frequency Ultrasound Mist Wound Therapy cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $282 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$31.62$21.38 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$178 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $23 to $407Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $17 to $407
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $282professional $32

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
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$331.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$295.12

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Hawaii than in Vermont. 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$182

HI $457VT $21.38

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.