Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97530 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Therapeutic activities cost in Russellville, AL — inpatient

In Russellville, AL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for therapeutic activities (functional training), 15 minutes as an inpatient: from $119.00 to $119.00, with a median of $119.00. Across Alabama, the median is $81.44 at 26 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 97530, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$119.00Red Bay Hospital
Median$119.00half pay less
Highest$119.00in this market
Difference1.0×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 Russellville, AL.

median
Lowest $119.00Highest $295.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Red Bay Hospital lowest Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 PPT-THERAP ACTIVITIES 15 MINS $119.00 $119.00 $29.75–$119.00 — —
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Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES $143.50 $143.50 $35.88–$143.50 — —
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Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 OPKX-THERAP ACTIVITIES, 15 MIN $143.50 $143.50 $35.88–$143.50 — —
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Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 PTM-THERAP ACTIVITIES, 15 MIN $295.00 $295.00 $73.75–$230.10 — —
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Inpatient: lowest $119.00, median $119.00, highest $119.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $119.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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

Therapeutic activities are exercises for everyday tasks such as lifting and climbing stairs.

What the price covers

The price is for one 15-minute unit; a session usually includes several units and codes.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 97530 ($88.93). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Russellville Hospital Russellville, ALSCHOOL MILEAGE $0.13 file
Russellville Hospital Russellville, ALSCHOOL OT TREAT 15M $7.41 file