Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97162 Outpatient

PT evaluation, mod. complexity cost in Sayre, PA

In Sayre, PA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for physical therapy evaluation, moderate complexity (typically about 30 minutes): from $137.20 to $397.60, with a median of $234.62. The lowest listed price is at Troy Community Hospital — $97.42 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $301.60 at 32 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 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 — and —.

Lowest$137.20Troy Community Hospital
Median$234.62half pay less
Highest$397.60in this market
Difference2.9×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 Sayre, PA.

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Lowest $137.20Highest $397.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Troy Community Hospital lowest Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Pt Eval Mod Complex 30 Min $137.20 $171.50 $30.87–$140.60 20% —
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Troy Community Hospital lowest Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Pt Eval Mod Complex 30 Min $137.20 $171.50 $30.87–$171.50 20% —
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Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Pt Eval Mod Complex 30 Min $234.62 $293.27 $95.04–$234.62 20% —
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Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Pt Eval Mod Complex 30 Min $234.62 $293.27 $44.23–$375.00 20% —
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Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Pt Eval Mod Complex 30 Min $397.60 $497.00 $95.04–$302.92 20% —
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Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Pt Eval Mod Complex 30 Min $397.60 $497.00 $45.00–$497.00 20% —
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Outpatient: lowest $137.20, median $234.62, highest $397.60 — a 2.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $234.62. 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 3 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.

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.