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Iontophoresis Treatment

Illinois 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$17.78 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$26.30 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $21 to $148Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $16 to $24
$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $18

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
$14.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$36.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$51.29
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
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
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 42nd of 51

$17.78

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.