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Caregiver training, each extra 15 minutes

CPT 97551the billing code this page is about

Each additional 15 minutes of face-to-face caregiver training given without the patient present, billed in addition to the first 30 minutes.

Hospitals typically charge $53 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,458 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $56. Most fall between $33 and $91 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,458
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 1,458 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
$22$34$53$80$121

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($22 vs $121).

How the prices are spread

$18 – $23: 88 hospitals$18$23 – $29: 75 hospitals$29 – $36: 162 hospitals$29$36 – $46: 178 hospitals$46 – $57: 230 hospitals$46$57 – $73: 200 hospitals$73 – $92: 165 hospitals$73$92 – $116: 120 hospitals$116 – $146: 67 hospitals$116$146 – $184: 32 hospitals$146median $53price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,317 of 1,458 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$18$2388
$23$2975
$29$36162
$36$46178
$46$57230
$57$73200
$73$92165
$92$116120
$116$14667
$146$18432

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $53.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $34 across 18 hospitalsME$34Vermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $50 across 15 hospitalsNH$50Washington: median $50 across 41 hospitalsWA$50Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $49 across 10 hospitalsMT$49North Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $52 across 46 hospitalsMN$52Illinois: median $56 across 54 hospitalsIL$56Wisconsin: median $79 across 49 hospitalsWI$79Michigan: median $44 across 17 hospitalsMI$44New York: median $52 across 52 hospitalsNY$52Massachusetts: median $74 across 19 hospitalsMA$74Oregon: median $60 across 35 hospitalsOR$60Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $62 across 11 hospitalsSD$62Iowa: median $63 across 28 hospitalsIA$63Indiana: median $33 across 45 hospitalsIN$33Ohio: median $70 across 84 hospitalsOH$70Pennsylvania: median $52 across 70 hospitalsPA$52New Jersey: median $57 across 24 hospitalsNJ$57Connecticut: median $110 across 10 hospitalsCT$110Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $54 across 84 hospitalsCA$54Utah: median $63 across 27 hospitalsUT$63Colorado: median $49 across 40 hospitalsCO$49Nebraska: median $70 across 13 hospitalsNE$70Missouri: median $41 across 33 hospitalsMO$41Kentucky: median $74 across 18 hospitalsKY$74West Virginia: median $25 across 22 hospitalsWV$25Virginia: median $42 across 51 hospitalsVA$42Maryland: median $31 across 28 hospitalsMD$31Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $53 across 17 hospitalsKS$53Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $34 across 37 hospitalsTN$34North Carolina: median $49 across 55 hospitalsNC$49South Carolina: median $41 across 37 hospitalsSC$41Oklahoma: median $53 across 10 hospitalsOK$53Louisiana: median $20 across 24 hospitalsLA$20Mississippi: median $25 across 23 hospitalsMS$25Alabama: median $52 across 17 hospitalsAL$52Georgia: median $33 across 54 hospitalsGA$33Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $99 across 102 hospitalsTX$99Florida: median $71 across 63 hospitalsFL$71
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $53. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Connecticut CT10$110+108%$38 – $196
Texas TX102$99+87%$57 – $108
Wisconsin WI49$79+50%$51 – $88
Massachusetts MA19$74+40%$54 – $93
Kentucky KY18$74+39%$38 – $118
Florida FL63$71+34%$44 – $215
Ohio OH84$70+33%$37 – $120
Nebraska NE13$70+32%$54 – $100
Utah UT27$63+20%$63 – $69
Iowa IA28$63+19%$40 – $103
South Dakota SD11$62+16%$60 – $65
Oregon OR35$60+13%$45 – $109
New Jersey NJ24$57+8%$33 – $184
Illinois IL54$56+6%$41 – $89
California CA84$54+2%$41 – $183
Oklahoma OK10$530%$30 – $75
Kansas KS17$53−1%$20 – $77
Alabama AL17$52−1%$36 – $138
Pennsylvania PA70$52−1%$32 – $100
New York NY52$52−2%$26 – $90
Minnesota MN46$52−3%$33 – $65
New Hampshire NH15$50−6%$30 – $63
Washington WA41$50−6%$30 – $75
Colorado CO40$49−7%$21 – $81
Montana MT10$49−8%$42 – $75
North Carolina NC55$49−8%$33 – $82
Michigan MI17$44−18%$29 – $66
Virginia VA51$42−21%$34 – $60
Missouri MO33$41−22%$35 – $60
South Carolina SC37$41−23%$40 – $77
Maine ME18$34−37%$19 – $59
Tennessee TN37$34−37%$20 – $44
Indiana IN45$33−38%$21 – $50
Georgia GA54$33−38%$19 – $75
Maryland MD28$31−42%$24 – $48
Mississippi MS23$25−53%$18 – $42
West Virginia WV22$25−53%$22 – $52
Louisiana LA24$20−62%$14 – $38
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not 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 $53.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,136$52$30 – $96
Children’s36$80$51 – $98
Critical access280$56$35 – $79
Ownership
For-profit124$75$24 – $142
Government208$49$33 – $80
Non-profit1,120$53$33 – $89
System affiliation
Part of a system1,301$53$33 – $93
Independent157$52$30 – $83

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$85
Median cash price$53
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

1,103 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $52 and the average of the middle 60% is $55; most fall between $33 and $86.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,103 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
$21$35$52$79$115

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($21 vs $115).

Of the 1,155 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,103 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 39 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,458 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (37%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,523 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,458
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here18
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 — excluded47
Hospitals that filed this code1,523

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Ancillary Services family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as CAREGIVER TRAING EA ADDL 15.

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, “Caregiver training, each extra 15 minutes (CPT 97551) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-97551-caregiver-training-each-extra-15-minutes