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Occupational Therapy, Self-Care Training

Louisiana 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 5 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$20.89 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$32.36 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $31 to $100Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $16 to $36
$20$50$100$200facility $44professional $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
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CO · OT assistant
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.02
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$28.84

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.