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Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97161 Outpatient

PT evaluation, low complexity cost in Tampa, FL

In Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, 19 hospitals list a cash price for physical therapy evaluation, low complexity (typically about 20 minutes): from $28.50 to $1,816.21, with a median of $579.30. The lowest listed price is at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital — $550.80 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $449.16 at 130 hospitals.

  • The median here, $579.30, is 190% above the US median of $199.50.
  • That is 5.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($97.86).
  • Tampa, FL ranks 4th of 4 metro areas in Florida by median, cheapest first.
  • 15 of 19 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 19 facilities across 11 cities for code 97161, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 5, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$28.50H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital
Median$579.30half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,816.21in this market
Difference63.7×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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.

median
Lowest $28.50Highest $1,816.21

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital lowest Tampa, FL PT - EVAL LOW COMPLEX 20 MIN File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file $28.50 $57.00 $10.77–$57.00 50%
PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Wiregrass Ranch Wesley Chapel, FL PT Evaluation Low Complexity File of Aug 11, 2026 · source file $120.35 $120.35 $90.26 —
Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL · (813) 844-7000 Hb Physical Therapy Eval Low Complex 20 Mins File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $187.25 $535.00 — 65%
Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch Hospital Wesley Chapel, FL Hb Pt Physical Therapy Evaluation Low Complex 20 Mins File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $212.40 $531.00 — 60%
Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital Saint Petersburg, FL · (727) 823-1234 Hb Pt Physical Therapy Evaluation Low Complex 20 Mins File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $212.40 $531.00 — 60%
AdventHealth North Pinellas Tarpon Springs, FL · (813) 615-7219 HC PHYSICAL THERAPY EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX 20 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $481.28 $481.28 — —
HCA Florida Trinity Hospital Tampa, FL · (727) 834-4900 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 +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $545.60 $545.60 $90.25–$129.60 —
AdventHealth Zephyrhills Zephyrhills, FL · (813) 615-7219 HC PHYSICAL THERAPY EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX 20 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $579.30 $579.30 — —
AdventHealth Carrollwood Tampa, FL · (813) 615-7219 HC PHYSICAL THERAPY EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX 20 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $579.30 $579.30 — —
AdventHealth Riverview Riverview, FL · (813) 929-5962 HC PHYSICAL THERAPY EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX 20 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $579.30 $579.30 — —
AdventHealth Tampa Tampa, FL · (813) 615-7200 HC PHYSICAL THERAPY EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX 20 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $579.30 $579.30 — —
AdventHealth Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel, FL · (813) 929-5000 HC PHYSICAL THERAPY EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX 20 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $579.30 $579.30 — —
HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital Tampa, FL · (813) 873-6400 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 +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $615.24 $615.24 $90.25–$129.60 —
HCA Florida West Tampa Hospital Tampa, FL · (813) 873-6400 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 +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $615.24 $615.24 $90.25–$115.20 —
HCA Florida Northside Hospital St Petersburg, FL · (727) 521-5121 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+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $618.76 $618.76 $90.25–$129.60 —
AdventHealth Connerton Land O Lakes, FL HC PHYSICAL THERAPY EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX 20 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $963.36 $963.36 — —
AdventHealth Dade City Dade City, FL · (352) 568-1100 HC PHYSICAL THERAPY EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX 20 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,016.02 $1,016.02 — —
HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital Brooksville, FL · (352) 596-6632 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+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,466.52 $1,466.52 $90.25–$105.60 —
HCA Florida South Shore Hospital Apollo Beach, FL · (813) 634-3301 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 +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,816.21 $1,816.21 $90.25–$129.60 —
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $28.50, median $579.30, highest $1,816.21 — a 63.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $579.30. 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 1 of 8 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.

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