CPT code 97150: Group therapy, two or more patients, per session2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $18.04 for 97150 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $16.74–$23.25.

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

What 97150 covers

This code covers skilled therapy delivered to two or more patients simultaneously, with the treating clinician in constant attendance rather than providing continuous one-on-one care. Patients may work on the same or different activities, such as skilled exercise after joint replacement, aquatic exercise, balance training, or an occupational therapy fine motor group. Physical therapists, occupational therapists, and, for appropriate services, speech-language pathologists or assistants working under required supervision provide it in private practices, outpatient clinics, and skilled nursing or rehabilitation settings billing Part B.

The code is untimed. Report one unit per patient per group session regardless of session length, with the GP, GO, or GN modifier matching the plan of care. Documentation should identify the session time, group activities, each patient's participation and response, the skilled interventions, and the connection to plan-of-care goals. Bill this therapy service without a professional-component modifier 26 split. Under the therapy multiple procedure payment reduction, practice expense is reduced for the second and later therapy units billed for the patient that 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.

Where 97150 pays more and less

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97150 rates by state

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How the 97150 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 97150

The CMS indicators that decide how 97150 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

97150 compared with similar codes

How to choose

97110Therapeutic exerciseOne-on-one, each 15 minutes

97110 is timed and requires direct one-on-one contact for its 15-minute units. Report 97150 when the clinician treats two or more patients at once in a qualifying group session.

97154Group behavior treatmentTechnician, per 15 minutes

97154 is group adaptive behavior treatment delivered by a technician under an adaptive behavior treatment plan, in 15-minute units. 97150 covers rehabilitative group therapeutic procedures.

92508Speech therapyGroup session

92508 covers group treatment of speech, language, voice, and communication disorders. 97150 covers other qualifying group therapeutic procedures, such as exercise or balance training.

97530Therapeutic activitiesOne-on-one, each 15 minutes

97530 requires direct one-on-one functional activity training in timed units. Use 97150 for qualifying group therapeutic procedures when the clinician treats multiple patients simultaneously.

Codes related to 97150

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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