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Procedure price report · Physical, occupational, and speech therapy exercises; manipulation; and other procedures

Hot or cold pack applied to the body

CPT 97010the billing code this page is about

Application of a heat or ice pack to one or more body areas as part of a therapy visit; billed once per visit regardless of how many areas are treated.

Hospitals typically charge $32 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,717 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $35. Most fall between $15 and $70 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,717
States
50
Filings dated
Nov 2023 – 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 1,717 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
$10$18$32$61$100

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($10 vs $100).

How the prices are spread

$8 – $10: 92 hospitals$8$10 – $13: 115 hospitals$13 – $18: 124 hospitals$13$18 – $23: 224 hospitals$23 – $31: 211 hospitals$23$31 – $41: 201 hospitals$41 – $54: 162 hospitals$41$54 – $72: 176 hospitals$72 – $95: 140 hospitals$72$95 – $126: 104 hospitals$95median $32price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,549 of 1,717 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$8$1092
$10$13115
$13$18124
$18$23224
$23$31211
$31$41201
$41$54162
$54$72176
$72$95140
$95$126104

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $32.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $18 across 13 hospitalsME$18Vermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $18 across 11 hospitalsNH$18Washington: median $20 across 29 hospitalsWA$20Idaho: median $16 across 17 hospitalsID$16Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $27 across 12 hospitalsND$27Minnesota: median $57 across 45 hospitalsMN$57Illinois: median $49 across 70 hospitalsIL$49Wisconsin: median $28 across 53 hospitalsWI$28Michigan: median $25 across 62 hospitalsMI$25New York: median $52 across 78 hospitalsNY$52Massachusetts: median $38 across 25 hospitalsMA$38Oregon: median $12 across 28 hospitalsOR$12Nevada: median $35 across 12 hospitalsNV$35Wyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $15 across 37 hospitalsIA$15Indiana: median $17 across 73 hospitalsIN$17Ohio: median $19 across 61 hospitalsOH$19Pennsylvania: median $62 across 82 hospitalsPA$62New Jersey: median $73 across 16 hospitalsNJ$73Connecticut: median $37 across 15 hospitalsCT$37Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $56 across 108 hospitalsCA$56Utah: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $21 across 47 hospitalsCO$21Nebraska: median $23 across 28 hospitalsNE$23Missouri: median $21 across 42 hospitalsMO$21Kentucky: median $32 across 42 hospitalsKY$32West Virginia: median $17 across 24 hospitalsWV$17Virginia: median $25 across 26 hospitalsVA$25Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $26 across 36 hospitalsAZ$26New Mexico: median $36 across 14 hospitalsNM$36Kansas: median $28 across 46 hospitalsKS$28Arkansas: median $25 across 11 hospitalsAR$25Tennessee: median $20 across 21 hospitalsTN$20North Carolina: median $31 across 24 hospitalsNC$31South Carolina: median $23 across 11 hospitalsSC$23Oklahoma: median $20 across 51 hospitalsOK$20Louisiana: median $19 across 46 hospitalsLA$19Mississippi: median $17 across 29 hospitalsMS$17Alabama: median $26 across 22 hospitalsAL$26Georgia: median $28 across 66 hospitalsGA$28Hawaii: median $26 across 11 hospitalsHI$26Texas: median $50 across 135 hospitalsTX$50Florida: median $41 across 79 hospitalsFL$41
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $32. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ16$73+131%$46 – $98
Pennsylvania PA82$62+94%$27 – $89
Minnesota MN45$57+80%$40 – $70
California CA108$56+76%$23 – $117
New York NY78$52+64%$24 – $101
Texas TX135$50+58%$23 – $94
Illinois IL70$49+54%$27 – $81
Florida FL79$41+29%$21 – $103
Massachusetts MA25$38+20%$22 – $84
Connecticut CT15$37+16%$27 – $43
New Mexico NM14$36+13%$7 – $73
Nevada NV12$35+12%$25 – $50
Kentucky KY42$32+1%$18 – $109
North Carolina NC24$31−2%$15 – $82
Kansas KS46$28−12%$15 – $36
Georgia GA66$28−13%$18 – $80
Wisconsin WI53$28−13%$22 – $35
North Dakota ND12$27−15%$20 – $42
Hawaii HI11$26−18%$7 – $32
Arizona AZ36$26−18%$9 – $89
Alabama AL22$26−19%$12 – $44
Arkansas AR11$25−20%$8 – $26
Virginia VA26$25−21%$23 – $49
Michigan MI62$25−22%$11 – $47
Nebraska NE28$23−27%$16 – $41
South Carolina SC11$23−28%$10 – $24
Colorado CO47$21−34%$10 – $37
Missouri MO42$21−34%$11 – $34
Oklahoma OK51$20−36%$11 – $34
Washington WA29$20−37%$9 – $59
Tennessee TN21$20−37%$14 – $53
Ohio OH61$19−40%$17 – $39
Louisiana LA46$19−41%$6 – $40
New Hampshire NH11$18−42%$4 – $41
Maine ME13$18−42%$10 – $70
Indiana IN73$17−45%$10 – $46
Mississippi MS29$17−46%$8 – $37
West Virginia WV24$17−46%$11 – $54
Idaho ID17$16−49%$11 – $36
Iowa IA37$15−53%$12 – $63
Oregon OR28$12−61%$11 – $73
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not 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 $32.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,250$32$15 – $73
Children’s45$56$18 – $115
Critical access419$30$16 – $58
Ownership
For-profit205$39$17 – $89
Government314$30$14 – $60
Non-profit1,195$30$15 – $70
System affiliation
Part of a system1,387$31$15 – $70
Independent330$35$17 – $70

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$60
Median cash price$32
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. 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

1,219 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $34 and the average of the middle 60% is $38; most fall between $16 and $77.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,219 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
$10$18$34$66$103

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($10 vs $103).

Of the 1,337 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,219 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 17 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 78 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,717 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (43%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,915 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,717
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded18
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded142
Hospitals that filed this code1,915

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Physical, occupational, and speech therapy exercises; manipulation; and other procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Application Modality 1/> Areas Hot/Cold Packs.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Hot or cold pack applied to the body (CPT 97010) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-97010-hot-or-cold-pack-applied-to-the-body