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Iontophoresis Treatment

Arizona rates for HCPCS 97033

This is a physical therapy treatment that uses a mild, painless electrical current to push medication, such as an anti-inflammatory, through the skin directly into an injured area. It is applied to one or more treatment areas for about fifteen minutes at a time. It offers a needle-free way to deliver medication to a specific site, such as a tendon or joint.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Iontophoresis Treatment cost?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.05$15.49 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$38.02 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $20 to $145Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $14 to $43
$10$20$50$100facility $89professional $19

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$29.51
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GP · Physical therapy plan
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Arizona· 23rd of 51

$20.42

AK $38.02DE $12.88

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.