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Work Conditioning Program, Each Extra Hour

New Jersey 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 July 2026.

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

$47.86

Typical physician fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $38.90 to $58.88.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $32 to $331Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $32 to $65
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $78professional $48

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
$31.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$144.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$81.28
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Wyoming than in Minnesota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Jersey $47.86 · 30th of 51
WY $97.72MN $38.02

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.