Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97161 Outpatient

PT evaluation, low complexity cost in Salisbury, MD

In Salisbury, MD, 1 hospital lists a cash price for physical therapy evaluation, low complexity (typically about 20 minutes): from $182.84 to $182.84, with a median of $182.84. Across Maryland, the median is $187.38 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — and —.

Lowest$182.84TidalHealth Peninsula
Median$182.84half pay less
Highest$182.84in 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 Salisbury, MD.

median
Lowest $182.84Highest $914.23

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
TidalHealth Peninsula lowest Salisbury, MD · (410) 546-6400 HC EVALUATION LOW COMPLEXITY 8-22 MIN $182.84 $186.57 $186.57–$182.84 2% —
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TidalHealth Peninsula Salisbury, MD · (410) 546-6400 HC EVALUATION LOW COMPLEXITY 23-37 MIN $365.70 $373.16 $373.16–$365.70 2% —
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TidalHealth Peninsula Salisbury, MD · (410) 546-6400 HC EVALUATION LOW COMPLEXITY 38-52 MIN $548.54 $559.73 $559.73–$548.54 2% —
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TidalHealth Peninsula Salisbury, MD · (410) 546-6400 HC EVALUATION LOW COMPLEXITY 53-67 MIN $731.38 $746.31 $746.31–$731.38 2% —
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TidalHealth Peninsula Salisbury, MD · (410) 546-6400 HC EVALUATION LOW COMPLEXITY 68-82 MIN $914.23 $932.89 $932.89–$914.23 2% —
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Outpatient: lowest $182.84, median $182.84, highest $182.84.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $144.10. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.