Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97161 Outpatient

PT evaluation, low complexity cost in Goldendale, WA

In Goldendale, WA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for physical therapy evaluation, low complexity (typically about 20 minutes): from $252.00 to $252.00, with a median of $252.00. Across Washington, the median is $219.05 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Dec 2, 2024 and Dec 2, 2024.

Lowest$252.00Klickitat Valley Hospital
Median$252.00half pay less
Highest$252.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Klickitat Valley Hospital Goldendale, WA · (509) 773-4022 PT Eval Low Complexity $252.00 $315.00 — 20% Dec 2, 2024
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Outpatient: lowest $252.00, median $252.00, highest $252.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $252.00. 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.