CPT code 97037: Laser therapy, pain management modality2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Delaware

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 97037 in Delaware.

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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 97037 covers

Low-level laser therapy (LLLT), also called photobiomodulation, applies low-level light to one or more body areas for pain management. Rehabilitation clinicians use this modality as a treatment service, including in physical and occupational therapy settings. It identifies a light-based modality rather than infrared treatment, electrical stimulation, or therapeutic ultrasound. The service is selected for the modality actually delivered and the pain-management purpose; the area or areas treated should be reflected in the treatment record.

Medicare assigns 97037 physician fee schedule status N, meaning Medicare does not cover the code. The code describes application to one or more areas and does not specify a 15-minute unit. It should not be reported in 15-minute units based on neighboring modality codes. Documentation should identify the modality, treated area or areas, and pain-management purpose.

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 Delaware compares for 97037

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97037 rates by state

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How the 97037 rate is calculated

Each of 97037’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 97037

97037 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.

Codes related to 97037

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

How 97037 has changed in Delaware

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Where the Delaware rate applies

Delaware is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 79 cities and communities in Delaware. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Arden
• Ardencroft
• Ardentown
• Bear
• Bellefonte
• Bethany Beach
• Bethel
• Blades

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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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