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Procedure price report · Traction, splints, and other wound care

Non-selective removal of dead wound tissue

CPT 97602the billing code this page is about

Removal of dead tissue from a wound using methods such as wet-to-dry dressings, enzyme ointments, or gentle scrubbing; billed once per session regardless of wound size.

Hospitals typically charge $208 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,984 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $213. Most fall between $100 and $367 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,984
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,984 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$65$119$208$325$518

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($65 vs $518).

How the prices are spread

$41 – $54: 82 hospitals$41$54 – $72: 130 hospitals$72 – $96: 188 hospitals$72$96 – $126: 263 hospitals$126 – $167: 369 hospitals$126$167 – $222: 409 hospitals$222 – $293: 536 hospitals$222$293 – $389: 328 hospitals$389 – $514: 224 hospitals$389$514 – $681: 157 hospitals$514median $208price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,686 of 2,984 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$41$5482
$54$72130
$72$96188
$96$126263
$126$167369
$167$222409
$222$293536
$293$389328
$389$514224
$514$681157

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$205
Median cash price$208
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.01×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $208.

Alaska: median $247 across 17 hospitalsAK$247Maine: median $129 across 24 hospitalsME$129Vermont: median $129 across 12 hospitalsVT$129New Hampshire: median $121 across 18 hospitalsNH$121Washington: median $245 across 66 hospitalsWA$245Idaho: median $245 across 22 hospitalsID$245Montana: median $161 across 23 hospitalsMT$161North Dakota: median $275 across 20 hospitalsND$275Minnesota: median $150 across 90 hospitalsMN$150Illinois: median $216 across 118 hospitalsIL$216Wisconsin: median $158 across 97 hospitalsWI$158Michigan: median $238 across 87 hospitalsMI$238New York: median $255 across 99 hospitalsNY$255Massachusetts: median $362 across 42 hospitalsMA$362Oregon: median $273 across 52 hospitalsOR$273Nevada: median $218 across 19 hospitalsNV$218Wyoming: median $111 across 15 hospitalsWY$111South Dakota: median $256 across 31 hospitalsSD$256Iowa: median $179 across 75 hospitalsIA$179Indiana: median $109 across 83 hospitalsIN$109Ohio: median $263 across 140 hospitalsOH$263Pennsylvania: median $237 across 109 hospitalsPA$237New Jersey: median $232 across 57 hospitalsNJ$232Connecticut: median $245 across 18 hospitalsCT$245Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $270 across 186 hospitalsCA$270Utah: median $275 across 35 hospitalsUT$275Colorado: median $191 across 65 hospitalsCO$191Nebraska: median $140 across 68 hospitalsNE$140Missouri: median $199 across 74 hospitalsMO$199Kentucky: median $230 across 54 hospitalsKY$230West Virginia: median $192 across 37 hospitalsWV$192Virginia: median $222 across 60 hospitalsVA$222Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $137 across 46 hospitalsAZ$137New Mexico: median $175 across 22 hospitalsNM$175Kansas: median $140 across 76 hospitalsKS$140Arkansas: median $101 across 29 hospitalsAR$101Tennessee: median $97 across 72 hospitalsTN$97North Carolina: median $170 across 77 hospitalsNC$170South Carolina: median $184 across 45 hospitalsSC$184Oklahoma: median $133 across 63 hospitalsOK$133Louisiana: median $105 across 49 hospitalsLA$105Mississippi: median $99 across 50 hospitalsMS$99Alabama: median $179 across 40 hospitalsAL$179Georgia: median $200 across 98 hospitalsGA$200Hawaii: median $371 across 14 hospitalsHI$371Texas: median $235 across 228 hospitalsTX$235Florida: median $358 across 142 hospitalsFL$358
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $208. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Hawaii HI14$371+78%$103 – $694
Massachusetts MA42$362+74%$190 – $520
Florida FL142$358+72%$146 – $723
North Dakota ND20$275+32%$126 – $389
Utah UT35$275+32%$250 – $307
Oregon OR52$273+31%$132 – $457
California CA186$270+30%$139 – $407
Ohio OH140$263+26%$157 – $538
South Dakota SD31$256+23%$95 – $452
New York NY99$255+22%$122 – $450
Alaska AK17$247+19%$206 – $352
Washington WA66$245+18%$156 – $336
Idaho ID22$245+18%$186 – $556
Connecticut CT18$245+18%$170 – $521
Michigan MI87$238+14%$76 – $314
Pennsylvania PA109$237+14%$127 – $380
Texas TX228$235+13%$137 – $358
New Jersey NJ57$232+12%$103 – $285
Kentucky KY54$230+11%$108 – $630
Virginia VA60$222+7%$141 – $374
Nevada NV19$218+5%$90 – $784
Illinois IL118$216+4%$95 – $408
Georgia GA98$200−4%$91 – $319
Missouri MO74$199−4%$130 – $364
West Virginia WV37$192−8%$104 – $359
Colorado CO65$191−8%$114 – $404
South Carolina SC45$184−11%$151 – $327
Alabama AL40$179−14%$75 – $326
Iowa IA75$179−14%$91 – $267
New Mexico NM22$175−16%$109 – $384
North Carolina NC77$170−18%$97 – $293
Montana MT23$161−23%$91 – $296
Wisconsin WI97$158−24%$132 – $199
Minnesota MN90$150−28%$107 – $276
Kansas KS76$140−33%$75 – $268
Nebraska NE68$140−33%$98 – $202
Arizona AZ46$137−34%$57 – $644
Oklahoma OK63$133−36%$92 – $281
Maine ME24$129−38%$70 – $331
Vermont VT12$129−38%$81 – $184
New Hampshire NH18$121−42%$81 – $434
Wyoming WY15$111−47%$70 – $172
Indiana IN83$109−47%$48 – $245
Louisiana LA49$105−49%$64 – $214
Arkansas AR29$101−51%$63 – $176
Mississippi MS50$99−52%$43 – $160
Tennessee TN72$97−53%$51 – $187
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $208.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,118$229$109 – $399
Children’s59$260$120 – $380
Critical access799$158$80 – $278
Ownership
For-profit381$263$123 – $576
Government563$168$88 – $285
Non-profit2,032$215$104 – $361
System affiliation
Part of a system2,435$215$105 – $373
Independent549$182$84 – $346

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$356
Median cash price$208
Cash as a share of list, median hospital63%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 37%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,045 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $220 and the average of the middle 60% is $222; most fall between $109 and $374.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,045 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$75$128$220$336$522

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($75 vs $522).

Of the 2,165 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,045 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 94 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,984 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (75%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,140 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,984
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded110
Hospitals that filed this code3,140

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Traction, splints, and other wound care family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rmvl Devital Tiss N-Slctv Dbrdmt W/O Anes 1 Sess.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Non-selective removal of dead wound tissue (CPT 97602) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-97602-non-selective-removal-of-dead-wound-tissue