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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

97032 Electrical stimulation Medicare reimbursement rates in Tennessee

A therapist applies and manages electrical stimulation at one or more treatment areas during a timed session for a documented rehabilitation goal. Compare 97032 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Tennessee.

Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.

What does Medicare pay for 97032 in Tennessee?

Tennessee has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

$13.99

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Tennessee

One mapped payment locality.

Facility setting

No supported rate

These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.

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Physical therapy

About 97032: Attended electrical stimulation therapy

A therapist applies and manages electrical stimulation at one or more treatment areas during a timed session for a documented rehabilitation goal.

A physical or occupational therapist uses attended electrical stimulation to address a documented rehabilitation need, such as pain management or muscle activation. The clinician applies and manages the stimulation at the treatment area, rather than leaving the patient with an unattended device. This modality is commonly provided in outpatient rehabilitation settings and may be part of a broader therapy session.

Report one unit for each 15 minutes of the service, supported by documentation of the treatment time, area treated, stimulation provided, and its purpose or response. Distinguish the attended service from unattended electrical stimulation and from other modalities such as iontophoresis or ultrasound. CMS treats this as a therapy service, so a professional component modifier does not apply. For multiple therapy services on the same day, practice expense is reduced for the second and later therapy units.

CMS billing rules for 97032

Professional and technical components
Therapy service: the professional component modifier does not apply.
Multiple procedures
Therapy multiple procedure payment reduction: practice expense is reduced for the second and later therapy units on the same day.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU0.25 · 57%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU0.18 · 41%
  • Malpractice RVU0.01 · 2%

511.8K

Medicare services in 2024 · #227 by national volume

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.

97032 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Tennessee, from the same CMS release.

97014

Electric stimulation therapy

No office rate

This code is for attended electrical stimulation. Code 97014 represents unattended stimulation; Medicare therapy claims commonly use G0283 for that service.

97033

Iontophoresis

Each 15 minutes

$17.97

Use 97033 for iontophoresis, not electrical stimulation. Both are timed modality services, but the treatment method differs.

97035

Therapeutic ultrasound

Constant attendance, each 15 minutes

$13.57

Use 97035 for ultrasound treatment. This code is for attended electrical stimulation.

97110

Therapeutic exercise

One-on-one, each 15 minutes

$27.66

Code 97110 describes therapeutic exercise, not a modality. It may be reported alongside this code when a distinct skilled exercise service is performed and documented.

Compare 97032 by payment locality

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1 of 1 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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How this local rate is calculated

Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 97032 in Tennessee.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

12,852

Code
97032
Physician work
0.25
Practice expense
0.18
Malpractice
0.01

GPCI2026.csv

95

Locality
Tennessee
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.909
Malpractice
0.537
Office / nonfacility calculation for 97032 in Tennessee
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work0.25× 1.0000.2500
Practice expense0.18× 0.9090.1636
Malpractice0.01× 0.5370.0054
Total RVUs0.4190
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Tennessee$13.99

Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula

Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work0.251
Practice expense0.180.909
Malpractice0.010.537

(0.25 × 1 + 0.18 × 0.909 + 0.01 × 0.537) × $33.4009 = $13.99

The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.

97032 billing questions

How does this differ from unattended electrical stimulation?

This code describes attended stimulation managed by the clinician. Unattended stimulation is a different service; Medicare therapy claims commonly use G0283 for it.

How many units are reported?

The code is reported in 15-minute units. Document the time spent providing the attended stimulation.

Can a professional component modifier be appended?

No. CMS identifies this as a therapy service for which the professional component modifier does not apply.

What documentation supports the service?

Record the treatment time, body area, stimulation performed, and the clinical purpose or patient response. The note should support that the service was attended.

What happens when multiple therapy units are provided on the same day?

CMS reduces practice expense for the second and later therapy units furnished that day.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.

Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.

RVUs for 97032PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 12,852 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for TennesseeGPCI2026.csv, line 95 (RVU26D)