CPT Code 97035 — What It Means and What Medicare Pays

CPT code · Therapy · Typically billed in: Clinic

What CPT code 97035 means: Ultrasound therapy applied to tissue (per 15 min).

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What Medicare pays for CPT code 97035

What CPT code 97035 costs: Medicare's 2025 national average payment for CPT code 97035 is $13.91.

Medicare national average (2025): $13.91

Treat this as a reference point, not a ceiling. It is what Medicare pays nationally before any local adjustment — private insurers negotiate their own rates, and a hospital's list price for the same code is often several times higher. A charge far above this number is not automatically an error, but it is a fair thing to ask about.

How many units of CPT code 97035 should appear on one day

Units normally expected per day: Medicare normally expects at most 2 units of CPT code 97035 per patient per day. More than 2 units a day is clinically unlikely rather than impossible, so a higher count is usually reviewed by hand rather than denied outright.

If your bill shows more units of CPT code 97035 for a single date of service than that, it is worth asking the billing office to explain the count — duplicate lines and unit-entry mistakes are among the most common medical-billing errors.

Codes normally billed as one with CPT code 97035

Medicare's National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) publishes pairs of codes that are considered a single service when performed together. Billing them separately — "unbundling" — inflates a bill.

Paired code	How the pair is normally treated
62323 Procedure	Separately payable only when a modifier documents a genuinely distinct service
64483 Procedure	Separately payable only when a modifier documents a genuinely distinct service

Seeing one of these codes billed alongside CPT code 97035 is not proof of an error — a modifier can legitimately justify it — but it is a specific, answerable question to put to the billing office. What unbundling means, and how to raise it.

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Frequently asked questions about CPT code 97035

What does CPT code 97035 mean on a medical bill?

Ultrasound therapy applied to tissue (per 15 min). Bills group it under "Therapy", and it is typically provided in this setting: Clinic.

How much does CPT code 97035 cost?

Medicare's 2025 national average payment for CPT code 97035 is $13.91. That figure is a public Medicare benchmark, not a cap on what a provider may charge you — commercial insurers negotiate their own rates and hospital list prices are often several times higher.

How many units of CPT code 97035 can be billed per day?

Medicare's Medically Unlikely Edits normally expect at most 2 units of CPT code 97035 per patient per day. More than 2 units a day is clinically unlikely rather than impossible, so a higher count is usually reviewed by hand rather than denied outright.

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