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Low-Frequency Ultrasound Mist Wound Therapy

New Mexico 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 October 2026.

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

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $417 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$115$21.38 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$302 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $117 to $661Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $17 to $501
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $417professional $115

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$331.13
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$50.12

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 28.2 times more in Hawaii than in Washington, DC. 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.

New Mexico· 24th of 51

$145

HI $562DC $19.95

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.