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

Whirlpool bath therapy

CPT 97022the billing code this page is about

A body part or the body is placed in a moving-water whirlpool bath as part of a therapy visit; billed once per session, not by the minute.

Hospitals typically charge $81 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,471 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $85. Most fall between $42 and $141 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,471
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 2,471 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
$28$48$81$126$216

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($28 vs $216).

How the prices are spread

$20 – $27: 104 hospitals$20$27 – $35: 145 hospitals$35 – $47: 223 hospitals$35$47 – $62: 268 hospitals$62 – $82: 400 hospitals$62$82 – $109: 386 hospitals$109 – $144: 359 hospitals$109$144 – $191: 183 hospitals$191 – $253: 108 hospitals$191$253 – $335: 56 hospitals$253median $81price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,232 of 2,471 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$20$27104
$27$35145
$35$47223
$47$62268
$62$82400
$82$109386
$109$144359
$144$191183
$191$253108
$253$33556

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $81.

Alaska: median $131 across 11 hospitalsAK$131Maine: median $47 across 23 hospitalsME$47Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $50 across 18 hospitalsNH$50Washington: median $53 across 39 hospitalsWA$53Idaho: median $46 across 19 hospitalsID$46Montana: median $50 across 21 hospitalsMT$50North Dakota: median $89 across 19 hospitalsND$89Minnesota: median $77 across 64 hospitalsMN$77Illinois: median $104 across 109 hospitalsIL$104Wisconsin: median $85 across 86 hospitalsWI$85Michigan: median $73 across 83 hospitalsMI$73New York: median $58 across 87 hospitalsNY$58Massachusetts: median $92 across 31 hospitalsMA$92Oregon: median $69 across 24 hospitalsOR$69Nevada: median $92 across 15 hospitalsNV$92Wyoming: median $103 across 13 hospitalsWY$103South Dakota: median $144 across 17 hospitalsSD$144Iowa: median $93 across 65 hospitalsIA$93Indiana: median $72 across 80 hospitalsIN$72Ohio: median $90 across 132 hospitalsOH$90Pennsylvania: median $74 across 93 hospitalsPA$74New Jersey: median $22 across 38 hospitalsNJ$22Connecticut: median $104 across 11 hospitalsCT$104Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $98 across 121 hospitalsCA$98Utah: median $160 across 30 hospitalsUT$160Colorado: median $79 across 51 hospitalsCO$79Nebraska: median $89 across 54 hospitalsNE$89Missouri: median $79 across 61 hospitalsMO$79Kentucky: median $96 across 47 hospitalsKY$96West Virginia: median $62 across 27 hospitalsWV$62Virginia: median $70 across 50 hospitalsVA$70Maryland: median $57 across 21 hospitalsMD$57Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $59 across 40 hospitalsAZ$59New Mexico: median $97 across 19 hospitalsNM$97Kansas: median $60 across 63 hospitalsKS$60Arkansas: median $39 across 27 hospitalsAR$39Tennessee: median $34 across 61 hospitalsTN$34North Carolina: median $83 across 75 hospitalsNC$83South Carolina: median $95 across 43 hospitalsSC$95Oklahoma: median $66 across 47 hospitalsOK$66Louisiana: median $47 across 36 hospitalsLA$47Mississippi: median $45 across 49 hospitalsMS$45Alabama: median $71 across 32 hospitalsAL$71Georgia: median $71 across 95 hospitalsGA$71Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $123 across 163 hospitalsTX$123Florida: median $163 across 135 hospitalsFL$163
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $81. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL135$163+101%$60 – $497
Utah UT30$160+98%$64 – $214
South Dakota SD17$144+77%$110 – $171
Alaska AK11$131+61%$75 – $296
Texas TX163$123+51%$57 – $220
Illinois IL109$104+28%$62 – $176
Connecticut CT11$104+28%$70 – $160
Wyoming WY13$103+27%$57 – $148
California CA121$98+20%$55 – $167
New Mexico NM19$97+20%$48 – $131
Kentucky KY47$96+18%$47 – $188
South Carolina SC43$95+17%$64 – $160
Iowa IA65$93+15%$45 – $151
Massachusetts MA31$92+13%$61 – $144
Nevada NV15$92+13%$38 – $174
Ohio OH132$90+11%$70 – $131
Nebraska NE54$89+10%$45 – $120
North Dakota ND19$89+10%$65 – $96
Wisconsin WI86$85+5%$62 – $103
North Carolina NC75$83+3%$56 – $125
Colorado CO51$79−2%$55 – $143
Missouri MO61$79−3%$47 – $115
Minnesota MN64$77−5%$48 – $102
Pennsylvania PA93$74−9%$30 – $136
Michigan MI83$73−10%$47 – $97
Indiana IN80$72−11%$34 – $121
Georgia GA95$71−12%$36 – $124
Alabama AL32$71−13%$35 – $119
Virginia VA50$70−14%$37 – $95
Oregon OR24$69−15%$31 – $120
Oklahoma OK47$66−19%$36 – $89
West Virginia WV27$62−24%$46 – $133
Kansas KS63$60−26%$35 – $101
Arizona AZ40$59−28%$18 – $430
New York NY87$58−29%$35 – $153
Maryland MD21$57−30%$40 – $98
Washington WA39$53−34%$39 – $121
Montana MT21$50−38%$46 – $87
New Hampshire NH18$50−39%$16 – $99
Louisiana LA36$47−42%$22 – $80
Maine ME23$47−43%$18 – $125
Idaho ID19$46−43%$36 – $98
Mississippi MS49$45−44%$31 – $85
Arkansas AR27$39−52%$29 – $114
Tennessee TN61$34−58%$22 – $79
New Jersey NJ38$22−73%$19 – $103
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not 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 $81.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,792$80$40 – $146
Children’s41$113$77 – $260
Critical access631$81$45 – $126
Ownership
For-profit311$115$48 – $415
Government442$72$40 – $125
Non-profit1,711$79$42 – $136
System affiliation
Part of a system2,030$83$43 – $142
Independent441$71$37 – $134

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$138
Median cash price$81
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

1,688 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $81 and the average of the middle 60% is $85; most fall between $43 and $139.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,688 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
$31$52$81$125$189

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($31 vs $189).

Of the 1,808 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,688 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

2,471 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (62%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,634 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,471
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here45
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded118
Hospitals that filed this code2,634

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 Whirlpool.

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, “Whirlpool bath therapy (CPT 97022) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-97022-whirlpool-bath-therapy