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

Therapeutic ultrasound treatment, each 15 minutes

CPT 97035the billing code this page is about

Sound waves are applied through a handheld wand to warm or treat tissue while the therapist stays with the patient; one unit equals 15 minutes.

Hospitals typically charge $69 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,300 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $72. Most fall between $37 and $118 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,300
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 3,300 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
$25$42$69$105$171

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($25 vs $171).

How the prices are spread

$17 – $23: 128 hospitals$17$23 – $30: 171 hospitals$30 – $39: 256 hospitals$30$39 – $51: 373 hospitals$51 – $67: 494 hospitals$51$67 – $88: 535 hospitals$88 – $115: 491 hospitals$88$115 – $151: 258 hospitals$151 – $198: 200 hospitals$151$198 – $260: 70 hospitals$198median $69price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,976 of 3,300 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$17$23128
$23$30171
$30$39256
$39$51373
$51$67494
$67$88535
$88$115491
$115$151258
$151$198200
$198$26070

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $69.

Alaska: median $144 across 18 hospitalsAK$144Maine: median $59 across 28 hospitalsME$59Vermont: median $91 across 14 hospitalsVT$91New Hampshire: median $52 across 24 hospitalsNH$52Washington: median $60 across 66 hospitalsWA$60Idaho: median $35 across 25 hospitalsID$35Montana: median $52 across 33 hospitalsMT$52North Dakota: median $61 across 31 hospitalsND$61Minnesota: median $67 across 105 hospitalsMN$67Illinois: median $100 across 141 hospitalsIL$100Wisconsin: median $71 across 105 hospitalsWI$71Michigan: median $75 across 94 hospitalsMI$75New York: median $54 across 100 hospitalsNY$54Massachusetts: median $69 across 51 hospitalsMA$69Oregon: median $52 across 53 hospitalsOR$52Nevada: median $76 across 21 hospitalsNV$76Wyoming: median $54 across 16 hospitalsWY$54South Dakota: median $114 across 43 hospitalsSD$114Iowa: median $76 across 95 hospitalsIA$76Indiana: median $62 across 94 hospitalsIN$62Ohio: median $74 across 142 hospitalsOH$74Pennsylvania: median $63 across 106 hospitalsPA$63New Jersey: median $18 across 44 hospitalsNJ$18Connecticut: median $90 across 21 hospitalsCT$90Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $91 across 183 hospitalsCA$91Utah: median $58 across 35 hospitalsUT$58Colorado: median $58 across 73 hospitalsCO$58Nebraska: median $74 across 81 hospitalsNE$74Missouri: median $78 across 80 hospitalsMO$78Kentucky: median $87 across 66 hospitalsKY$87West Virginia: median $55 across 41 hospitalsWV$55Virginia: median $76 across 70 hospitalsVA$76Maryland: median $36 across 39 hospitalsMD$36Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $52 across 45 hospitalsAZ$52New Mexico: median $84 across 29 hospitalsNM$84Kansas: median $52 across 91 hospitalsKS$52Arkansas: median $39 across 33 hospitalsAR$39Tennessee: median $39 across 77 hospitalsTN$39North Carolina: median $81 across 93 hospitalsNC$81South Carolina: median $122 across 53 hospitalsSC$122Oklahoma: median $38 across 65 hospitalsOK$38Louisiana: median $28 across 50 hospitalsLA$28Mississippi: median $39 across 58 hospitalsMS$39Alabama: median $53 across 40 hospitalsAL$53Georgia: median $64 across 106 hospitalsGA$64Hawaii: median $66 across 15 hospitalsHI$66Texas: median $96 across 229 hospitalsTX$96Florida: median $139 across 164 hospitalsFL$139
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $69. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Alaska AK18$144+107%$75 – $200
Florida FL164$139+100%$45 – $318
South Carolina SC53$122+75%$61 – $136
South Dakota SD43$114+64%$89 – $150
Illinois IL141$100+44%$60 – $172
Texas TX229$96+39%$42 – $163
California CA183$91+32%$56 – $162
Vermont VT14$91+31%$38 – $113
Connecticut CT21$90+29%$56 – $136
Kentucky KY66$87+26%$44 – $214
New Mexico NM29$84+21%$60 – $146
North Carolina NC93$81+17%$47 – $104
Missouri MO80$78+13%$40 – $111
Nevada NV21$76+9%$49 – $88
Iowa IA95$76+9%$48 – $99
Virginia VA70$76+9%$31 – $123
Michigan MI94$75+8%$47 – $110
Nebraska NE81$74+7%$49 – $90
Ohio OH142$74+6%$47 – $113
Wisconsin WI105$71+3%$53 – $86
Massachusetts MA51$690%$51 – $131
Minnesota MN105$67−3%$40 – $99
Hawaii HI15$66−5%$42 – $77
Georgia GA106$64−8%$30 – $112
Pennsylvania PA106$63−9%$30 – $118
Indiana IN94$62−10%$33 – $97
North Dakota ND31$61−12%$46 – $77
Washington WA66$60−14%$27 – $88
Maine ME28$59−15%$30 – $108
Utah UT35$58−16%$49 – $64
Colorado CO73$58−17%$38 – $113
West Virginia WV41$55−21%$39 – $87
Wyoming WY16$54−22%$42 – $94
New York NY100$54−23%$25 – $120
Alabama AL40$53−24%$30 – $87
Arizona AZ45$52−24%$18 – $302
New Hampshire NH24$52−25%$39 – $100
Kansas KS91$52−25%$36 – $81
Oregon OR53$52−25%$38 – $80
Montana MT33$52−25%$31 – $76
Arkansas AR33$39−43%$25 – $71
Mississippi MS58$39−44%$23 – $73
Tennessee TN77$39−44%$16 – $90
Oklahoma OK65$38−46%$31 – $83
Maryland MD39$36−49%$23 – $46
Idaho ID25$35−49%$28 – $54
Louisiana LA50$28−60%$14 – $48
New Jersey NJ44$18−74%$18 – $100
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 $69.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,251$69$34 – $126
Children’s65$76$51 – $140
Critical access974$70$40 – $101
Ownership
For-profit427$91$42 – $291
Government632$65$33 – $101
Non-profit2,231$68$37 – $113
System affiliation
Part of a system2,673$72$38 – $121
Independent627$60$32 – $106

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$120
Median cash price$69
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

2,238 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $72 and the average of the middle 60% is $74; most fall between $38 and $118.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,238 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
$26$44$72$107$160

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($26 vs $160).

Of the 2,376 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,238 gave a usable cash price; 27 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 111 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,300 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (83%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,493 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,300
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
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 — excluded145
Hospitals that filed this code3,493

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 Debridement Open Wound First 20 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.

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

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Therapeutic ultrasound treatment, each 15 minutes (CPT 97035) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-97035-therapeutic-ultrasound-treatment-each-15-minutes