go back

Iontophoresis Treatment

Missouri 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$15.14$10.96 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$19.50 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $14 to $100Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $34
$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $15

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
$13.80
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$46.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$31.62
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
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.78

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 49th of 51

$15.14

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.