How much does physical therapy, manual therapy cost in California?
CPT 97140 — 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.
97140 Physical therapy, manual therapy
Ask to pay
$54
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$122
Medicare $27
Ask $54
$14 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $14,747
What Medicare paysⓘ
$27
Typical price near you
$122
Cash / self-pay price
$145
Prices near you — 80 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) lowest | Hospital | $14cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $30cash | 1.1× | — |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) | Hospital | $35cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $36negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $36negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $39negotiated | 1.4× | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $39negotiated | 1.4× | — |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $40cash | 1.5× | — |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) | Hospital | $40cash | 1.5× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $43negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $43negotiated | 1.6× | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $50negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $54cash | 2.0× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $54cash | 2.0× | ★★★★★ |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $61cash | 2.3× | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $63cash | 2.3× | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $63cash | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $63cash | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $63cash | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $63cash | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $70cash | 2.6× | — |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $76cash | 2.8× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $77cash | 2.8× | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $78cash | 2.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $81cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $81cash | 3.0× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $87cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $88cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $90cash | 3.3× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $92cash | 3.4× | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $92cash | 3.4× | — |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $97cash | 3.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $105cash | 3.9× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $107cash | 3.9× | — |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $109cash | 4.0× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $111cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $120cash | 4.4× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $122cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $122cash | 4.5× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $134cash | 4.9× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $135cash | 5.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $135cash | 5.0× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $135cash | 5.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $155negotiated | 5.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $156cash | 5.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $156cash | 5.7× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $156cash | 5.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $163cash | 6.0× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $163cash | 6.0× | — |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $166cash | 6.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $166cash | 6.1× | ★★★★★ |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $174cash | 6.4× | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $174cash | 6.4× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $177cash | 6.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $193cash | 7.1× | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $208cash | 7.7× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $208cash | 7.7× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $208cash | 7.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $208cash | 7.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $239cash | 8.8× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $239cash | 8.8× | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $246cash | 9.1× | — |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $246cash | 9.1× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $246cash | 9.1× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $246cash | 9.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $246cash | 9.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $246cash | 9.1× | — |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $246cash | 9.1× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $246cash | 9.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $254cash | 9.3× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $254cash | 9.3× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $279cash | 10.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $298cash | 11.0× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $327cash | 12.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $329cash | 12.1× | — |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $381cash | 14.0× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) | Hospital | $386cash | 14.2× | — |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) gross charge | Hospital | $685cash | 25.2× | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) gross charge | Hospital | $14,747cash | 542.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) gross charge | Hospital | $14,747cash | 542.8× | — |
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 97140 (Physical therapy, manual therapy), Medicare's benchmark rate is $27.17. A fair self-pay target for this line is $54.34. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 97140 is $145.44, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $64.64–$238.67. 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 97140 cost in California?
For physical therapy, manual therapy (CPT 97140) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $122, with hospitals ranging from $65 to $239 across 80 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $27, 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, manual therapy cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for physical therapy, manual therapy (CPT 97140) in California is around $122, with hospital prices ranging from $65 to $239 across 80 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 97140?
Medicare pays about $27 for physical therapy, manual therapy (CPT 97140). 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, manual therapy?
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.