CPT code 97113: Aquatic therapy, pool-based exercise, per 15 minutes2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Suburban Chicago, IL

In Suburban Chicago, IL, Medicare pays $38.00 for 97113 in the office.

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What 97113 covers

Aquatic therapy uses exercise in a pool, where buoyancy reduces joint loading and water provides resistance. Physical therapists, occupational therapists, and supervised therapy assistants provide it to patients who have difficulty tolerating land-based activity, including those recovering from joint replacement or managing osteoarthritis or neurologic weakness. Treatment may include water walking, resisted limb movements, balance drills, and flexibility exercises. The clinician provides direct one-on-one contact, whether working from the pool deck or in the water.

Report 97113 in 15-minute units based on direct treatment time, not the patient's total time in the pool. Documentation should identify the exercises, direct treatment minutes, and why the aquatic environment supports the plan of care. For Medicare, identify the therapy discipline with GP or GO, as appropriate, and determine units using the total timed therapy minutes furnished that day. This therapy service has no separate professional component for modifier 26. Under Medicare's therapy multiple procedure payment reduction, the practice expense portion is reduced for the second and later therapy units on the same day, including additional 97113 units.

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 Suburban Chicago, IL compares for 97113

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 97113 runs from $33.99 in Arkansas to $47.84 in San Benito County, CA. Suburban Chicago, IL pays $38.00. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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Where the Suburban Chicago, IL rate applies

Suburban Chicago, IL is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 178 cities and communities in Illinois. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• 97113 in Chicago · multiple payment areas
• Addison
• 97113 in Algonquin · multiple payment areas
• Andres
• Antioch
• Arbury Hills
• 97113 in Aurora · multiple payment areas
• Bannockburn

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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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