How much does physical therapy, therapeutic exercise cost in California?
CPT 97110 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
97110 Physical therapy, therapeutic exercise
Ask to pay
$58
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$145
Medicare $29
Ask $58
$15 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $738
What Medicare paysⓘ
$29
Typical price near you
$145
Cash / self-pay price
$147
Prices near you — 80 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) lowest | Hospital | $15cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $20negotiated | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $20negotiated | 0.7× | — |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $32cash | 1.1× | — |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $37cash | 1.3× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $37negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $37negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) | Hospital | $43cash | 1.5× | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $43cash | 1.5× | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $43cash | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $43cash | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $43cash | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $43cash | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) | Hospital | $46cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $54negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $63cash | 2.2× | — |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $65cash | 2.2× | — |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $66cash | 2.3× | — |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $76cash | 2.6× | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $78cash | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $81cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $81cash | 2.8× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $83cash | 2.9× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $83cash | 2.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $89cash | 3.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $90cash | 3.1× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $93cash | 3.2× | — |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $94cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $102cash | 3.6× | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $102cash | 3.6× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $102cash | 3.6× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $102cash | 3.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $108cash | 3.8× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $129cash | 4.5× | — |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $130cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $137cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $137cash | 4.8× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $137cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $145cash | 5.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $145cash | 5.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $145cash | 5.0× | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $145cash | 5.0× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $148cash | 5.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $158cash | 5.5× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $158cash | 5.5× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $158cash | 5.5× | — |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $164cash | 5.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $164cash | 5.7× | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $164cash | 5.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $164cash | 5.7× | ★★★★★ |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $166cash | 5.8× | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $166cash | 5.8× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $171cash | 5.9× | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $174cash | 6.0× | — |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $175negotiated | 6.1× | ★★★★★ |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $176cash | 6.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $182cash | 6.3× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $211cash | 7.3× | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $212cash | 7.4× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $212cash | 7.4× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $212cash | 7.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $236cash | 8.2× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $236cash | 8.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $236cash | 8.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $236cash | 8.2× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $236cash | 8.2× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $236cash | 8.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $236cash | 8.2× | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $236cash | 8.2× | — |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $256cash | 8.9× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $266cash | 9.2× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $268cash | 9.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $292cash | 10.2× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $294cash | 10.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $313cash | 10.9× | — |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $321cash | 11.1× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $400cash | 13.9× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) gross charge | Hospital | $448cash | 15.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) gross charge | Hospital | $618cash | 21.5× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) gross charge | Hospital | $738cash | 25.6× | — |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 3 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 97110 (Physical therapy, therapeutic exercise), Medicare's benchmark rate is $28.79. A fair self-pay target for this line is $57.58. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 97110 is $146.51, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $78.49–$212.00. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 97110 cost in California?
For physical therapy, therapeutic exercise (CPT 97110) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $145, with hospitals ranging from $78 to $212 across 80 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $29, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does physical therapy, therapeutic exercise cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for physical therapy, therapeutic exercise (CPT 97110) in California is around $145, with hospital prices ranging from $78 to $212 across 80 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 97110?
Medicare pays about $29 for physical therapy, therapeutic exercise (CPT 97110). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of physical therapy, therapeutic exercise?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.