PT evaluation, low complexity cost in North Port, FL
In North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for physical therapy evaluation, low complexity (typically about 20 minutes): from $513.60 to $1,953.91, with a median of $1,233.76. The lowest listed price is at HCA Florida Englewood Hospital — $720.16 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $449.40 at 122 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 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Florida Englewood Hospital lowest Venice, FL Physical therapy evaluation: low complexity, requiring these components: A history with no personal factors and/or comorbidities that impact the plan of care; An examination of body system(s) using st Other Outpatient | $513.60 | $513.60 | $96.00 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Englewood Hospital lowest Venice, FL Physical therapy evaluation: low complexity, requiring these components: A history with no personal factors and/or comorbidities that impact the plan of care; An examination of body system(s) using st | $513.60 | $513.60 | $93.12–$105.60 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Englewood Hospital lowest Venice, FL Physical therapy evaluation: low complexity, requiring these components: A history with no personal factors and/or comorbidities that impact the plan of care; An examination of body system(s) using st SCHEDULED | $513.60 | $513.60 | $90.25–$92.15 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital Bradenton, FL Physical therapy evaluation: low complexity, requiring these components: A history with no personal factors and/or comorbidities that impact the plan of care; An examination of body system(s) using st SCHEDULED | $1,953.91 | $1,953.91 | $90.25–$92.15 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital Bradenton, FL Physical therapy evaluation: low complexity, requiring these components: A history with no personal factors and/or comorbidities that impact the plan of care; An examination of body system(s) using st | $1,953.91 | $1,953.91 | $93.12–$105.60 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital Bradenton, FL Physical therapy evaluation: low complexity, requiring these components: A history with no personal factors and/or comorbidities that impact the plan of care; An examination of body system(s) using st Other Outpatient | $1,953.91 | $1,953.91 | $96.00 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $513.60, median $1,233.76, highest $1,953.91 — a 3.8× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.