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Ultrasound Therapy Treatment

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 97035

This is a physical therapy treatment where sound waves are applied to an area of the body, such as a sore muscle or joint, using a handheld device moved across the skin with gel. It's used to help reduce pain, ease muscle tightness, or promote tissue healing. A therapist provides this treatment directly, moving the device continuously over the treatment area.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Therapy Treatment cost?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.20$13.80 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$37.15 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $26 to $195Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $36
$10$20$50$100$200facility $89professional $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
$16.98
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GP · Physical therapy plan
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$29.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$89.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$36.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$32.36
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$36.31
2 more rates 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
CQ · PT assistant
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GO · Occupational therapy plan
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$33.88

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Virginia. 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$19.50

AK $28.18VA $8.91

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.