CPT code 97022: Whirlpool therapy, agitated water immersion2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Arizona

In Arizona, Medicare pays $15.35 for 97022 in the office.

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

What 97022 covers

Whirlpool therapy immerses an affected limb or other body area in agitated water as a physical medicine modality. Physical and occupational therapists use it in rehabilitation and wound-care treatment plans, for example when treating an extremity with restricted motion or a wound for which water-based treatment is selected. The service may be furnished in an outpatient therapy department or hospital-based rehabilitation setting.

Report 97022 for the whirlpool modality itself, not for a contrast bath, compression device, or simple hot or cold pack. Documentation should identify the treated area, the clinical reason for selecting immersion, the treatment delivered, and the patient’s response. This is an untimed therapy service, not a 15-minute modality code, and the professional-component modifier does not apply. Under the CMS therapy multiple procedure payment reduction, practice expense is reduced for the second and later therapy units furnished to the same patient on the same day.

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.

How Arizona compares for 97022

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 97022 runs from $14.17 in Arkansas to $20.45 in San Benito County, CA. Arizona pays $15.35. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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97022 rates by state

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How the 97022 rate is calculated

Each of 97022’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 97022

The CMS indicators that decide how 97022 is paid alongside other services.

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Codes related to 97022

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How 97022 has changed in Arizona

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Where the Arizona rate applies

Arizona is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 467 cities and communities in Arizona. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aguila
• Ajo
• Ak Chin
• Ak-Chin Village
• Alamo Lake
• Ali Chuk
• Ali Chukson
• Ali Molina

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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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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