PT Evaluation (Moderate Complexity) Cost in Missouri
Pt eval mod complex 30 min
Missouri Medicare physician rate (2026)
-3.9% vs nationalAverage of 3 localities. Office range $91.50–$95.65.
Your ZIP in Missouri
Enter a ZIP code to see which Missouri locality covers you: metro St. Louis, metro Kansas City, or rest-of-state areas like Springfield, Columbia, Joplin, and the Bootheel.
What this number is
The figures on this page are 2026 Medicare physician allowed amounts for a specific CPT code: the professional fee, adjusted by geographic practice-cost indices. They are not a hospital chargemaster price, not your insurer's contracted rate, and not a quote. Hospital facility fees, anesthesia, implants, imaging reads, and pathology are billed separately when they apply.
National vs Missouri
Where Missouri ranks for this CPT
CPT 97162 by Missouri locality
| Locality | Office |
|---|---|
| metropolitan st. louis | $95.65 |
| metropolitan kansas city | $95.05 |
| rest of missouri | $91.50 |
PE GPCI ranges from 0.862 to 0.952 in Missouri. That index is why the same CPT is not one price statewide.
PT Evaluation (Moderate Complexity) and how Missouri is priced
Missouri is a three-locality state: metropolitan St. Louis and metropolitan Kansas City are each priced separately, and everywhere else falls into a rest-of-state locality with lower geographic adjustments. Both metro localities approve higher amounts than outstate Missouri, and the Kansas City locality applies only to the Missouri side of that metro, since the Kansas side prices under Kansas's statewide locality. Springfield, Columbia, and the rural counties all share rest-of-state factors. The metro-versus-outstate gap is the main pricing story here.
St. Louis and Kansas City hold the state's academic medical centers and most of its specialty depth, drawing patients from far beyond Missouri's borders, including southern Illinois and eastern Kansas. Outstate Missouri is served by regional hubs in Springfield, Columbia, and Cape Girardeau, with the Ozarks and Bootheel among the harder places to reach specialty care. Rural hospital viability has been a persistent concern across the state.
This procedure: This is the moderate-complexity initial physical therapy evaluation, used when your situation has real complicating factors: one or more health conditions affecting rehab, an evolving rather than stable presentation, or changed function in daily activities. A typical example is knee rehab in someone with diabetes and prior joint surgery. The PT takes a more extensive history and examines more body systems than in a simple case, usually across a 45 to 75 minute appointment that often ends with the first treatment.
What Is PT Evaluation (Moderate Complexity)?
This is the moderate-complexity initial physical therapy evaluation, used when your situation has real complicating factors: one or more health conditions affecting rehab, an evolving rather than stable presentation, or changed function in daily activities. A typical example is knee rehab in someone with diabetes and prior joint surgery. The PT takes a more extensive history and examines more body systems than in a simple case, usually across a 45 to 75 minute appointment that often ends with the first treatment.
What Affects the Cost
- As the middle evaluation tier, some commercial payers price it above the low-complexity code, while Medicare pays all three tiers equally.
- Complicated patients tend to need longer courses of care, so the evaluation tier itself signals a larger total spend ahead.
- First-day treatment units bill in addition to the evaluation.
- Comorbidities can mean coordination with physicians or extra documentation, occasionally generating separate visits elsewhere.
- Clinic ownership matters as always: hospital-affiliated clinics add facility fees to every encounter including this one.
Questions to Ask Before Booking
- 1.What makes my case moderate complexity, and does that tier change what I pay under my plan?
- 2.Given my other health conditions, how long a course of therapy should I budget for?
- 3.Will you treat me on evaluation day, and what will that first combined visit cost?
- 4.Does my insurer require a referral or pre-authorization before this evaluation?
- 5.How will you coordinate with my physician, and does that generate any separate charges?
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PT Evaluation (Moderate Complexity) in Missouri: questions
How much does pt evaluation (moderate complexity) cost in Missouri?
The 2026 Medicare physician office rate for CPT 97162 averages $94.07 across 3 Missouri localities, from $91.50 in REST OF MISSOURI to $95.65 in METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS. The hospital physician rate averages $94.07. Enter a ZIP for the exact locality.
Does the rate change inside Missouri?
Yes. CMS splits Missouri into 3 payment localities. For this CPT the office physician fee spans $4.15 from the lowest to highest locality. Enter a ZIP code to see which Missouri locality covers you: metro St. Louis, metro Kansas City, or rest-of-state areas like Springfield, Columbia, Joplin, and the Bootheel.
What will a Medicare patient owe for the physician fee?
After the Part B deductible, coinsurance is usually 20% of the allowed amount: about $19 for the office physician line or $19 for the hospital physician line in Missouri. Medigap may cover that 20%. This is not the hospital facility fee.
Is this the full pt evaluation (moderate complexity) bill in Missouri?
No. $94.07 is the Medicare physician allowed amount for CPT 97162. Anesthesia, facility fees, implants, and other CPT codes billed the same day are extra. Missouri ranks #13 of 51 states on this physician line (4% below the national office rate of $97.86).