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Therapeutic Exercise, Per 15 Minutes

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 97110

A physical therapist or other provider guides a patient through exercises designed to build strength, flexibility, range of motion, or endurance in one or more parts of the body. This is billed in 15-minute increments and is commonly used during rehabilitation after an injury, surgery, or illness.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Therapeutic Exercise, Per 15 Minutes cost?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.99$22.39 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$24.55 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $25 to $63Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $19 to $43
$20$50$100facility $30professional $24

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
$24.55
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
9 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
GO · Occupational therapy plan
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$41.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GP · Physical therapy plan
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$41.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Minnesota than in Ohio. 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.

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$23.99

MN $69.18OH $19.50

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.