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Work Conditioning Program, Each Extra Hour

Montana rates for HCPCS 97546

Additional time in a supervised work-conditioning or work-hardening program, in which someone recovering from an injury practices the physical demands of their actual job — lifting, carrying, reaching and sustained activity — to rebuild the capacity to return to work. It is billed in addition to the initial block of the session.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Work Conditioning Program, Each Extra Hour cost?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $112 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$89.13$67.61 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$105 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $72 to $123Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $66 to $107
$100facility $112professional $89

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$93.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Alaska than in Indiana. 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.

Montana· 3rd of 51

$89.13

AK $123IN $15.85

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.