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Physical Therapy Evaluation, High Complexity

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 97163

A physical therapist assesses a person's movement, strength, and physical function to understand how an injury or condition is limiting them, then develops a plan of care. This version applies to more complicated cases, involving a more extensive health history and a higher number of factors affecting movement and function than a simpler evaluation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Physical Therapy Evaluation, High Complexity cost?

$75.86

Typical physician fee. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $57.54 to $77.62.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $47 to $295Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $58 to $95
$50$100$200$500facility $58professional $76

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
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

New Jersey· 42nd of 51

$75.86

AK $200FL $60.26

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.