Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97162 Outpatient

PT evaluation, mod. complexity cost in Santa Rosa, CA

In Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for physical therapy evaluation, moderate complexity (typically about 30 minutes): from $154.02 to $380.80, with a median of $217.52. The lowest listed price is at Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital — $63.50 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $356.72 at 90 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$154.02Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Median$217.52half pay less
Highest$380.80in this market
Difference2.5×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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA.

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Lowest $154.02Highest $380.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital lowest Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC CRISIS TELEH 97162 PT EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX CDM $154.02 $302.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC PT EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX CDM $161.16 $316.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA · (707) 778-1111 HC PT EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX CDM $198.90 $390.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA · (707) 778-1111 HC VIRTUAL THERAPY PT EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX CDM $218.28 $428.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA · (707) 778-1111 HC CRISIS TELEH 97162 PT EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX CDM $218.28 $428.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC VIRTUAL THERAPY PT EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX CDM $229.50 $450.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg, CA · (707) 431-6500 HC CRISIS TELEH 97162 PT EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX CDM $236.13 $463.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg, CA · (707) 431-6500 HC VIRTUAL THERAPY PT EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX CDM $236.13 $463.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg, CA · (707) 431-6500 HC PT EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX CDM $236.13 $463.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC PT EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX CDM $240.21 $471.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA · (707) 778-1111 HC PT EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX CDM $279.48 $548.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 571-4000 PHYSICAL THERAPY EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX 30 MINS $380.80 $680.00 — 44% —
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Outpatient: lowest $154.02, median $217.52, highest $380.80 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $232.82. 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 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.