Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97165 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Occupational therapy evaluation cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient

In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for occupational therapy evaluation, low complexity as an inpatient: from $135.50 to $552.40, with a median of $414.40. The lowest listed price is at El Camino Hospital — $278.90 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $260.00 at 86 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 97165, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$135.50El Camino Hospital
Median$414.40half pay less
Highest$552.40in this market
Difference4.1×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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

median
Lowest $135.50Highest $552.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
El Camino Hospital lowest Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC OT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 30 MINS $135.50 $542.00 — 75% Apr 1, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EVAL LOW COMPLEX 30 MINS $414.40 $740.00 — 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EVAL LOW COMPLEX 30 MINS $414.40 $740.00 — 44% —
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Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Ot Eval Low Complex 30 Min $552.40 $1,381.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $135.50, median $414.40, highest $552.40 — a 4.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $414.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

An occupational therapy evaluation assesses daily activities and sets a plan.

What the price covers

The price is for one session or evaluation.