Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97162 Outpatient

PT evaluation, mod. complexity cost in St. Louis, MO

In St. Louis, MO-IL, 11 hospitals list a cash price for physical therapy evaluation, moderate complexity (typically about 30 minutes): from $98.80 to $526.32, with a median of $285.00. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital South and 1 other hospital — $186.20 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $137.26 at 22 hospitals.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 cities for code 97162, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 24, 2026 and Apr 24, 2026.

Lowest$98.80Mercy Hospital South + 1 more
Median$285.00half pay less
Highest$526.32in this market
Difference5.3×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 St. Louis, MO-IL.

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Lowest $98.80Highest $564.85

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Mercy Hospital South lowest Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Pt Eval Level II 15 Min $98.80 $152.00 $137.00–$233.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson lowest Festus, MO Pt Eval Level II 15 Min $98.80 $152.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Pt Eval Level II 15 Min $118.30 $182.00 $133.00–$274.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Pt Eval Level II 30 Min $130.00 $200.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Pt Eval Level II 15 Min $131.30 $202.00 $170.00–$202.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Pt Eval Level II 15 Min $146.90 $226.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Pt Eval Level II 30 Min $172.90 $266.00 $170.00–$202.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Pt Eval Level II 45 Min $181.35 $279.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Pt Eval Level II 30 Min $190.45 $293.00 $133.00–$274.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Pt Eval Level II 60 Min $191.75 $295.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Pt Eval Level II 30 Min $193.05 $297.00 $137.00–$274.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Pt Eval Level II 45 Min $193.70 $298.00 $86.18–$142.20 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Pt Eval Level II 60 Min $203.45 $313.00 $20.35–$281.70 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Pt Eval Level II 30 Min $206.05 $317.00 $137.00–$312.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Pt Eval Level II 45 Min $206.70 $318.00 $20.67–$318.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Pt Eval Level II 60 Min $211.90 $326.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Pt Eval Level II 45 Min $213.85 $329.00 $120.65–$132.72 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Pt Eval Level II 75 Min $214.50 $330.00 $133.00–$274.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Pt Eval Level II 75 Min $223.60 $344.00 $137.00–$233.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Pt Eval Level II 75 Min $223.60 $344.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Pt Eval Level II 45 Min $239.20 $368.00 $23.92–$368.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Pt Eval Level II 60 Min $254.80 $392.00 $25.48–$392.00 35% —
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Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis, MO · (314) 432-3600 EVALUATION FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY; TYPICALLY 30 MINUTES $285.00 $285.00 $71.82–$163.00 — —
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Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Pt Eval Level II 60 Min $286.00 $440.00 $28.60–$440.00 35% —
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Ranken Jordan Home for Convalescent Crippled Children Hospital Maryland Heights, MO · (314) 872-6400 PT Mod Eval Units $286.40 $358.00 $32.60–$274.07 20% Apr 24, 2026
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St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL · (618) 526-4511 PT EVAL MOD COMPLEX 30 MIN $286.56 $398.00 $94.52–$398.00 28% —
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Pt Eval Level II 75 Min $296.40 $456.00 $170.00–$202.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Pt Eval Level II 90 Min $302.90 $466.00 $137.00–$312.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Pt Eval Level II 90 Min $302.90 $466.00 $30.29–$419.40 35% —
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St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, IL · (618) 651-2600 PT EVAL MOD COMPLEX 30 MIN $303.84 $422.00 $84.40–$422.00 28% —
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Pt Eval Level II 90 Min $312.00 $480.00 $31.20–$480.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Pt Eval Level II 75 Min $332.15 $511.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Pt Eval Level II 90 Min $338.00 $520.00 $120.65–$132.72 35% —
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Pt Eval Level II 105 Min $350.35 $539.00 $137.00–$233.00 35% —
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St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL PT EVAL MOD COMPLEX 30 MIN $366.48 $509.00 $94.52–$509.00 28% —
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Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Pt Eval Level II 90 Min $378.30 $582.00 $137.00–$274.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Pt Eval Level II 105 Min $379.60 $584.00 $37.96–$584.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Pt Eval Level II 120 Min $388.70 $598.00 $38.87–$598.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Pt Eval Level II 120 Min $420.55 $647.00 $120.65–$132.72 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Pt Eval Level II 105 Min $425.75 $655.00 $137.00–$312.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Pt Eval Level II 105 Min $425.75 $655.00 $86.18–$142.20 35% —
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Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Pt Eval Level II 105 Min $425.75 $655.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Pt Eval Level II 135 Min $427.05 $657.00 $42.71–$657.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Pt Eval Level II 135 Min $462.15 $711.00 $170.00–$202.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Pt Eval Level II 150 Min $464.75 $715.00 $137.00–$233.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Pt Eval Level II 120 Min $471.90 $726.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Pt Eval Level II 120 Min $471.90 $726.00 $133.00–$274.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Pt Eval Level II 120 Min $471.90 $726.00 $47.19–$726.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Pt Eval Level II 150 Min $503.75 $775.00 $50.38–$775.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Pt Eval Level II 135 Min $518.05 $797.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Pt Eval Level II 135 Min $518.05 $797.00 $86.18–$142.20 35% —
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Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Pt Eval Level II 135 Min $518.05 $797.00 $51.81–$797.00 35% —
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Hshs Holy Family Hospital Greenville, IL · (618) 664-1230 PT EVAL MOD COMPLEX 30 MIN $526.32 $731.00 $94.52–$731.00 28% —
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Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Pt Eval Level II 150 Min $564.85 $869.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Pt Eval Level II 150 Min $564.85 $869.00 $56.49–$782.10 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Pt Eval Level II 150 Min $564.85 $869.00 $86.18–$216.29 35% —
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Outpatient: lowest $98.80, median $285.00, highest $526.32 — a 5.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $286.56. 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 9 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 3 it is 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 moderate complexity, typically about 30 minutes face to face. It is used when the problem is changing or other health conditions affect the 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.