CPT code 97014: Electrical stimulation, unattended2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 97014 covers

97014 identifies unattended electrical stimulation used as a physical therapy modality. The device delivers electrical current without the therapist maintaining continuous, direct one-to-one contact during application. Physical therapists and other qualified therapy professionals may report this modality in rehabilitation treatment. Its attended counterpart is 97032, used when the therapist provides direct one-to-one contact during stimulation.

97014 is not valid for Medicare; Medicare uses another code to report and pay for the service. For unattended stimulation for indications other than wound care within a therapy plan of care, Medicare reporting uses G0283. Wound-care electrical stimulation is reported with G0281 for specified chronic ulcers within a therapy plan of care or G0282 for other wound-care situations. 97014 is an untimed modality, while 97032 is reported in 15-minute units. The attended or unattended nature of the service distinguishes these modality codes.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

Where 97014 pays more and less

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97014 rates by state

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How the 97014 rate is calculated

Each of 97014’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 97014

97014 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

97014 compared with similar codes

How to choose

97032Electrical stimulationAttended, timed modality

97014 describes unattended stimulation. Use 97032 for attended electrical stimulation with direct one-to-one contact, reported in 15-minute units.

G0283Electrical stimulationUnattended, other than wound care

G0283 is used for unattended stimulation for indications other than wound care within a therapy plan of care; 97014 is not valid for Medicare.

G0281Wound stimulationSpecified chronic ulcers

G0281 is used for wound-care stimulation of specified chronic ulcers within a therapy plan of care.

G0282Wound stimulationOther wound-care category

G0282 is used for wound-care electrical stimulation outside the circumstances described for G0281.

Codes related to 97014

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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