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Iontophoresis Treatment

Kentucky 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$15.85$11.75 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $14 to $25Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $24
$10$20facility $15professional $16

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
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$91.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.99
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
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$15.85

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.