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

Therapeutic activities, each 15 minutes

CPT 97530the billing code this page is about

Hands-on therapy using functional movements such as lifting, reaching, or bending to improve everyday function; each unit covers 15 minutes of one-on-one time.

Hospitals typically charge $93 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,474 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $96. Most fall between $55 and $151 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,474
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 3,474 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
$40$62$93$138$199

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($40 vs $199).

How the prices are spread

$32 – $40: 158 hospitals$32$40 – $49: 212 hospitals$49 – $60: 261 hospitals$49$60 – $74: 372 hospitals$74 – $91: 507 hospitals$74$91 – $111: 466 hospitals$111 – $137: 429 hospitals$111$137 – $168: 381 hospitals$168 – $207: 208 hospitals$168$207 – $254: 134 hospitals$207median $93price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (3,128 of 3,474 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$32$40158
$40$49212
$49$60261
$60$74372
$74$91507
$91$111466
$111$137429
$137$168381
$168$207208
$207$254134

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $93.

Alaska: median $142 across 19 hospitalsAK$142Maine: median $77 across 28 hospitalsME$77Vermont: median $113 across 14 hospitalsVT$113New Hampshire: median $83 across 24 hospitalsNH$83Washington: median $98 across 70 hospitalsWA$98Idaho: median $86 across 25 hospitalsID$86Montana: median $88 across 34 hospitalsMT$88North Dakota: median $126 across 30 hospitalsND$126Minnesota: median $97 across 109 hospitalsMN$97Illinois: median $115 across 144 hospitalsIL$115Wisconsin: median $88 across 103 hospitalsWI$88Michigan: median $79 across 98 hospitalsMI$79New York: median $100 across 115 hospitalsNY$100Massachusetts: median $146 across 53 hospitalsMA$146Oregon: median $88 across 55 hospitalsOR$88Nevada: median $89 across 22 hospitalsNV$89Wyoming: median $74 across 16 hospitalsWY$74South Dakota: median $136 across 45 hospitalsSD$136Iowa: median $89 across 96 hospitalsIA$89Indiana: median $77 across 97 hospitalsIN$77Ohio: median $114 across 143 hospitalsOH$114Pennsylvania: median $81 across 125 hospitalsPA$81New Jersey: median $45 across 45 hospitalsNJ$45Connecticut: median $161 across 22 hospitalsCT$161Rhode Island: median $132 across 10 hospitalsRI$132California: median $139 across 199 hospitalsCA$139Utah: median $90 across 42 hospitalsUT$90Colorado: median $100 across 73 hospitalsCO$100Nebraska: median $98 across 85 hospitalsNE$98Missouri: median $85 across 82 hospitalsMO$85Kentucky: median $95 across 70 hospitalsKY$95West Virginia: median $76 across 43 hospitalsWV$76Virginia: median $103 across 73 hospitalsVA$103Maryland: median $107 across 42 hospitalsMD$107Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $65 across 53 hospitalsAZ$65New Mexico: median $88 across 31 hospitalsNM$88Kansas: median $70 across 97 hospitalsKS$70Arkansas: median $51 across 37 hospitalsAR$51Tennessee: median $46 across 81 hospitalsTN$46North Carolina: median $82 across 96 hospitalsNC$82South Carolina: median $115 across 53 hospitalsSC$115Oklahoma: median $60 across 70 hospitalsOK$60Louisiana: median $46 across 55 hospitalsLA$46Mississippi: median $48 across 59 hospitalsMS$48Alabama: median $60 across 42 hospitalsAL$60Georgia: median $72 across 111 hospitalsGA$72Hawaii: median $109 across 20 hospitalsHI$109Texas: median $117 across 244 hospitalsTX$117Florida: median $152 across 167 hospitalsFL$152
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $93. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Connecticut CT22$161+73%$84 – $199
Florida FL167$152+64%$77 – $276
Massachusetts MA53$146+57%$90 – $189
Alaska AK19$142+52%$90 – $210
California CA199$139+50%$76 – $210
South Dakota SD45$136+46%$78 – $161
Rhode Island RI10$132+42%$54 – $134
North Dakota ND30$126+35%$95 – $161
Texas TX244$117+26%$65 – $176
Illinois IL144$115+24%$76 – $169
South Carolina SC53$115+24%$83 – $121
Ohio OH143$114+22%$74 – $157
Vermont VT14$113+21%$91 – $160
Hawaii HI20$109+17%$104 – $160
Maryland MD42$107+15%$79 – $140
Virginia VA73$103+10%$55 – $163
Colorado CO73$100+7%$65 – $117
New York NY115$100+7%$40 – $149
Nebraska NE85$98+5%$64 – $127
Washington WA70$98+5%$62 – $131
Minnesota MN109$97+4%$71 – $122
Kentucky KY70$95+2%$62 – $175
Utah UT42$90−4%$76 – $112
Iowa IA96$89−4%$70 – $126
Nevada NV22$89−4%$47 – $225
Oregon OR55$88−5%$66 – $123
Montana MT34$88−6%$65 – $107
New Mexico NM31$88−6%$67 – $123
Wisconsin WI103$88−6%$75 – $132
Idaho ID25$86−8%$69 – $103
Missouri MO82$85−9%$58 – $123
New Hampshire NH24$83−11%$44 – $186
North Carolina NC96$82−12%$56 – $114
Pennsylvania PA125$81−13%$50 – $187
Michigan MI98$79−16%$54 – $113
Indiana IN97$77−17%$39 – $100
Maine ME28$77−18%$58 – $155
West Virginia WV43$76−18%$54 – $129
Wyoming WY16$74−21%$63 – $110
Georgia GA111$72−23%$43 – $160
Kansas KS97$70−25%$48 – $89
Arizona AZ53$65−30%$25 – $310
Alabama AL42$60−36%$41 – $119
Oklahoma OK70$60−36%$37 – $95
Arkansas AR37$51−45%$30 – $68
Mississippi MS59$48−49%$34 – $69
Louisiana LA55$46−50%$32 – $77
Tennessee TN81$46−51%$34 – $110
New Jersey NJ45$45−52%$43 – $154
Delaware DE7not 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 $93.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,396$95$52 – $161
Children’s72$133$74 – $188
Critical access996$90$63 – $132
Ownership
For-profit494$113$56 – $260
Government657$88$54 – $127
Non-profit2,313$93$55 – $147
System affiliation
Part of a system2,815$95$56 – $157
Independent659$84$52 – $135

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$156
Median cash price$93
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

2,370 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $96 and the average of the middle 60% is $97; most fall between $57 and $147.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,370 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
$42$65$96$135$184

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($42 vs $184).

Of the 2,518 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,370 gave a usable cash price; 31 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 117 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,474 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (88%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,675 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,474
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here48
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 — excluded152
Hospitals that filed this code3,675

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 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 Physical, occupational, and speech therapy exercises; manipulation; and other procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC 97530 Therapeutic Activities.

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, “Therapeutic activities, each 15 minutes (CPT 97530) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-97530-therapeutic-activities-each-15-minutes