Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97530 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Therapeutic activities cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient

In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for therapeutic activities (functional training), 15 minutes as an inpatient: from $87.00 to $259.20, with a median of $139.44. The lowest listed price is at El Camino Hospital — $52.44 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $137.28 at 91 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 97530, 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$87.00El Camino Hospital
Median$139.44half pay less
Highest$259.20in this market
Difference3.0×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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

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Lowest $87.00Highest $259.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
El Camino Hospital lowest Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC PT PROC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY 15M $87.00 $348.00 — 75% Apr 1, 2026
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El Camino Hospital lowest Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC OT PROC THERAPEUTIC ACT 15M $87.00 $348.00 — 75% Apr 1, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 "OT, THERAPEUTIC ACTV DIR PT CNTC PROVIDER EA 15 MIN." $139.44 $249.00 — 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 "PT, THERAPEUTIC ACTV DIR PT CNTC PROVIDER EA 15 MIN." $139.44 $249.00 — 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 "OT, THERAPEUTIC ACTV DIR PT CNTC PROVIDER EA 15 MIN." $139.44 $249.00 — 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 "PT, THERAPEUTIC ACTV DIR PT CNTC PROVIDER EA 15 MIN." $139.44 $249.00 — 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 THERAPEUT ACTVITY DIRECT PT CONTACT EACH 15 MIN $191.52 $342.00 — 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 THERAPEUT ACTVITY DIRECT PT CONTACT EACH 15 MIN $191.52 $342.00 — 44% —
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Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Tx Act-Direct Ea 15 $259.20 $648.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Ot Tx Activities Direct Ea 15 $259.20 $648.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $87.00, median $139.44, highest $259.20 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $139.44 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.