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Occupational Therapy, Self-Care Training

North Dakota 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$48.98$26.30 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$34.67 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $30 to $63Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $16 to $83
$20$50$100facility $40professional $49

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
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
CO · OT assistant
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CO · OT assistant
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CQ · PT assistant
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$85.11

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 3rd of 51

$45.71

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.