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Occupational Therapy, Self-Care Training

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 97535

An occupational therapist works one-on-one with a patient to build or relearn skills needed for daily activities such as dressing, bathing, cooking, or managing a household. This is billed in 15-minute increments and is often used after an injury, surgery, or illness that affects a person's ability to manage everyday tasks.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Occupational Therapy, Self-Care Training cost?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 6 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$26.30$21.38 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$33.88 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $29 to $52Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $44
$20$50$100facility $35professional $26

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
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CO · OT assistant
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$43.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$42.66

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Alaska 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.

Arkansas· 29th of 51

$28.18

AK $58.88DE $22.39

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.