CPT code 97110: Therapeutic exercise, one-on-one, each 15 minutes2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Alaska

In Alaska, Medicare pays $37.31 for 97110 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 97110 covers

Therapeutic exercise covers clinician-directed exercise aimed at restoring strength, endurance, joint range of motion, and flexibility in one or more body areas. Typical examples include progressive resistive exercise after rotator cuff repair, active-assisted range of motion after total knee arthroplasty, core strengthening for low back pain, and stretching programs for contractures. Physical therapists, occupational therapists, and supervised assistants perform it, mostly in outpatient clinics and private practices, with smaller volumes in facility settings. The clinician must have direct, one-on-one contact with the patient throughout the billed time.

Units are based on documented minutes of direct treatment. Medicare counts total timed minutes across all timed therapy codes for the day and assigns units under the 8-minute rule. Notes should name the exercises, parameters such as sets, repetitions, and resistance, the body region, skilled cues provided, and the functional goal addressed. Report the applicable therapy discipline modifier; add CQ or CO when assistant involvement meets Medicare’s threshold for a billed unit. This therapy service has no professional or technical split, so modifier 26 is not used. The therapy multiple procedure payment reduction reduces practice expense for the second and later therapy units on the same day, including a second unit of 97110.

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 Alaska compares for 97110

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 97110 runs from $26.97 in Arkansas to $37.31 in Alaska. Alaska pays $37.31. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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97110 rates by state

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How the 97110 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 97110

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97110 compared with similar codes

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How to choose

97530Therapeutic activitiesOne-on-one, each 15 minutes

97110 addresses strength, endurance, range of motion, or flexibility through exercise; 97530 uses dynamic functional tasks, such as lifting, carrying, or transfers, to improve daily activities.

97112Neuromuscular reeducationBalance, coordination, proprioception, timed

Choose 97112 for neuromuscular retraining of balance, coordination, kinesthetic sense, posture, or proprioception; choose 97110 for exercises directed at strength, endurance, range of motion, or flexibility.

97150Group therapyTwo or more patients, per session

97110 requires direct one-on-one contact and is billed in 15-minute units; 97150 applies when the therapist treats two or more patients simultaneously and is billed once per patient per session.

97113Aquatic therapyPool-based exercise, per 15 minutes

Therapeutic exercise performed in an aquatic environment is reported with 97113; one-on-one land-based therapeutic exercise is reported with 97110.

Codes related to 97110

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How 97110 has changed in Alaska

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Where the Alaska rate applies

Alaska is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 355 cities and communities in Alaska. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

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• Akhiok
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• Akutan
• Alakanuk
• Alatna
• Alcan Border

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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.

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