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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 July 2026.

How much does Therapeutic Exercise, Per 15 Minutes cost?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$24.55$21.38 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$24.55 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $25 to $129Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $18 to $55
$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $25

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CO · OT assistant
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CQ · PT assistant
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
CO · OT assistant
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
CQ · PT assistant
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$77.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
CQ · PT assistant
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CO · OT assistant
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CQ · PT assistant
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$60.26
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CO · OT assistant
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CQ · PT assistant
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Wisconsin 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.

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$24.55

WI $52.48DE $20.42

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.