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Therapeutic Exercise, Per 15 Minutes

South 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$22.91$22.39 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$38.02 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $29 to $138Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $21 to $30
$20$50$100$200facility $71professional $23

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
$20.89
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GP · Physical therapy plan
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.90
8 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
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.90

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$22.91

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.