Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97161 Outpatient

PT evaluation, low complexity cost in Lubbock, TX

In Lubbock, TX, 6 hospitals list a cash price for physical therapy evaluation, low complexity (typically about 20 minutes): from $128.94 to $570.00, with a median of $175.00. The lowest listed price is at Lubbock Heritage Hospital — $46.06 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $237.28 at 90 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 2 cities for code 97161, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$128.94Lubbock Heritage Hospital
Median$175.00half pay less
Highest$570.00in this market
Difference4.4×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 Lubbock, TX.

median
Lowest $128.94Highest $570.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lubbock Heritage Hospital lowest Lubbock, TX HC PT EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX CDM $128.94 $307.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC PT EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX CDM $141.96 $338.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC PT EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX CDM $175.00 $592.00 — 70% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC PT EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX CDM $175.00 $592.00 — 70% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Long-Term Care Lubbock, TX HC PT EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX CDM $248.64 $592.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Pt Physical Therapy Evaluation Low Complex 20 Mins $570.00 $570.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $128.94, median $175.00, highest $570.00 — a 4.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $175.00. 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.