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

Negative pressure wound therapy, up to 50 sq cm

CPT 97605the billing code this page is about

A session of vacuum-assisted wound treatment, including dressing changes and instruction, for a wound surface up to 50 square centimeters.

Hospitals typically charge $228 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,136 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $233. Most fall between $99 and $404 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,136
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 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 3,136 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
$56$119$228$362$594

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($56 vs $594).

How the prices are spread

$39 – $53: 127 hospitals$39$53 – $71: 151 hospitals$71 – $96: 168 hospitals$71$96 – $130: 255 hospitals$130 – $175: 301 hospitals$130$175 – $236: 467 hospitals$236 – $318: 547 hospitals$236$318 – $429: 380 hospitals$429 – $578: 246 hospitals$429$578 – $780: 184 hospitals$578median $228price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,826 of 3,136 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$39$53127
$53$71151
$71$96168
$96$130255
$130$175301
$175$236467
$236$318547
$318$429380
$429$578246
$578$780184

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$205
Median cash price$228
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.11×

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 $228.

Alaska: median $341 across 18 hospitalsAK$341Maine: median $109 across 26 hospitalsME$109Vermont: median $95 across 13 hospitalsVT$95New Hampshire: median $104 across 21 hospitalsNH$104Washington: median $240 across 71 hospitalsWA$240Idaho: median $157 across 23 hospitalsID$157Montana: median $100 across 27 hospitalsMT$100North Dakota: median $170 across 19 hospitalsND$170Minnesota: median $178 across 98 hospitalsMN$178Illinois: median $225 across 120 hospitalsIL$225Wisconsin: median $171 across 106 hospitalsWI$171Michigan: median $219 across 90 hospitalsMI$219New York: median $253 across 105 hospitalsNY$253Massachusetts: median $285 across 44 hospitalsMA$285Oregon: median $119 across 54 hospitalsOR$119Nevada: median $218 across 22 hospitalsNV$218Wyoming: median $150 across 15 hospitalsWY$150South Dakota: median $293 across 34 hospitalsSD$293Iowa: median $207 across 86 hospitalsIA$207Indiana: median $149 across 90 hospitalsIN$149Ohio: median $319 across 140 hospitalsOH$319Pennsylvania: median $237 across 119 hospitalsPA$237New Jersey: median $232 across 55 hospitalsNJ$232Connecticut: median $196 across 22 hospitalsCT$196Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $307 across 188 hospitalsCA$307Utah: median $571 across 34 hospitalsUT$571Colorado: median $263 across 67 hospitalsCO$263Nebraska: median $197 across 74 hospitalsNE$197Missouri: median $244 across 77 hospitalsMO$244Kentucky: median $229 across 57 hospitalsKY$229West Virginia: median $193 across 36 hospitalsWV$193Virginia: median $264 across 57 hospitalsVA$264Maryland: median $247 across 30 hospitalsMD$247Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $177 across 47 hospitalsAZ$177New Mexico: median $208 across 24 hospitalsNM$208Kansas: median $144 across 80 hospitalsKS$144Arkansas: median $168 across 32 hospitalsAR$168Tennessee: median $106 across 70 hospitalsTN$106North Carolina: median $203 across 83 hospitalsNC$203South Carolina: median $267 across 51 hospitalsSC$267Oklahoma: median $200 across 64 hospitalsOK$200Louisiana: median $122 across 51 hospitalsLA$122Mississippi: median $104 across 53 hospitalsMS$104Alabama: median $227 across 40 hospitalsAL$227Georgia: median $214 across 99 hospitalsGA$214Hawaii: median $275 across 16 hospitalsHI$275Texas: median $266 across 228 hospitalsTX$266Florida: median $396 across 146 hospitalsFL$396
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $228. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT34$571+150%$447 – $608
Florida FL146$396+74%$191 – $649
Alaska AK18$341+50%$140 – $407
Ohio OH140$319+40%$186 – $594
California CA188$307+34%$162 – $566
South Dakota SD34$293+28%$122 – $452
Massachusetts MA44$285+25%$169 – $538
Hawaii HI16$275+21%$47 – $446
South Carolina SC51$267+17%$176 – $352
Texas TX228$266+16%$149 – $476
Virginia VA57$264+16%$213 – $374
Colorado CO67$263+15%$148 – $513
New York NY105$253+11%$70 – $450
Maryland MD30$247+8%$154 – $342
Missouri MO77$244+7%$101 – $400
Washington WA71$240+5%$83 – $345
Pennsylvania PA119$237+4%$138 – $336
New Jersey NJ55$232+2%$168 – $272
Kentucky KY57$2290%$76 – $677
Alabama AL40$2270%$82 – $582
Illinois IL120$225−1%$105 – $408
Michigan MI90$219−4%$56 – $325
Nevada NV22$218−4%$107 – $411
Georgia GA99$214−6%$90 – $523
New Mexico NM24$208−9%$86 – $302
Iowa IA86$207−9%$58 – $361
North Carolina NC83$203−11%$129 – $313
Oklahoma OK64$200−12%$92 – $297
Nebraska NE74$197−14%$119 – $305
Connecticut CT22$196−14%$100 – $504
West Virginia WV36$193−16%$116 – $351
Minnesota MN98$178−22%$93 – $282
Arizona AZ47$177−22%$61 – $672
Wisconsin WI106$171−25%$88 – $220
North Dakota ND19$170−25%$106 – $326
Arkansas AR32$168−26%$72 – $301
Idaho ID23$157−31%$55 – $556
Wyoming WY15$150−34%$60 – $257
Indiana IN90$149−35%$81 – $321
Kansas KS80$144−37%$47 – $269
Louisiana LA51$122−47%$77 – $265
Oregon OR54$119−48%$66 – $312
Maine ME26$109−52%$58 – $204
Tennessee TN70$106−54%$47 – $289
Mississippi MS53$104−55%$47 – $154
New Hampshire NH21$104−55%$35 – $384
Montana MT27$100−56%$37 – $302
Vermont VT13$95−59%$47 – $418
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not 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 $228.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,227$246$116 – $449
Children’s57$300$153 – $857
Critical access842$168$66 – $323
Ownership
For-profit401$317$154 – $720
Government590$183$68 – $344
Non-profit2,135$226$101 – $385
System affiliation
Part of a system2,560$238$107 – $427
Independent576$183$69 – $347

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$400
Median cash price$228
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

2,147 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $241 and the average of the middle 60% is $247; most fall between $114 and $428.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,147 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
$67$138$241$375$583

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($67 vs $583).

Of the 2,280 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,147 gave a usable cash price; 35 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 98 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,136 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (79%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,306 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,136
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here56
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded113
Hospitals that filed this code3,306

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 July 20, 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 Neg Pressure Wound Therapy Non Dme <= 50 Sq Cm.

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, “Negative pressure wound therapy, up to 50 sq cm (CPT 97605) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-97605-negative-pressure-wound-therapy-up-to-50-sq-cm