Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97161 Outpatient

PT evaluation, low complexity cost in Kalispell, MT

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for physical therapy evaluation, low complexity (typically about 20 minutes): from $146.09 to $150.64, with a median of $148.37. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $2.28 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $165.10 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 97161, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$146.09Logan Health Medical Center
Median$148.37half pay less
Highest$150.64in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kalispell, MT.

median
Lowest $146.09Highest $150.64

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 PT EVALUATION; LOW COMPLEX $146.09 $224.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 PT EVALUATION; LOW COMPLEX $150.64 $231.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $146.09, median $148.37, highest $150.64.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $148.37. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

This is a first physical therapy evaluation of low complexity, typically about 20 minutes face to face. It is used for a stable problem with few other health factors, and ends with a plan of care.

What the price covers

The price covers the evaluation, billed once per evaluation rather than in time units. Treatment on the same day, such as therapeutic exercise or manual therapy, is billed separately in 15-minute units.