For patients not covered by health insurance, physical therapy typically costs $50-$350 or more per session.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published 2014 rates and other revisions for the home health agency (HHA) prospective payment system (PPS). 1  The base fee per 60-day episode in 2014 will be $2,869 (prior to geographic adjustment), a decrease by an average of 1%, with a 3% add-on for rural HHAs. 1 The 2014 per-visit rate, known as low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA), is $143.88 for speech-language pathologists (SLPs), compared with $132.40 for physical therapists (PT) and $133.30 for occupational therapists (OT), geographically adjusted. 1 Kathe Wallace Physical Therapy in Washington charges $165-$205 for a one-hour initial evaluation, $112 for appointments less than 45 minutes and $150 for a session of 50 to 55 minutes. 1 Physical therapy typically is covered by health insurance when medically necessary. 2  For patients not covered by health insurance, physical therapy typically costs $50-$350 or more per session, depending on the length of the session, the service provided during the session and the provider. 1 For patients not covered by health insurance, physical therapy typically costs $50-$350 or more per session, depending on the length of the session, the service provided during the session and the provider. 1 Physical therapy typically is covered by health insurance when medically necessary. 2  For patients not covered by health insurance, physical therapy typically costs $50-$350 or more per session, depending on the length of the session, the service provided during the session and the provider. Without insurance, the cost will depend both on the services you require and how willing your physical therapist is to work with you on payment and therapy structure. According to national benchmarks, physical therapists deliver an average of 3.4 weighted procedures during a physical therapy visit. As a cash patient, you can negotiate rates with the therapist. Ask for a discount equal to average insurance write offs, and let the company know that you’ll pay cash up front so they can save money in the billing process. A service that is charged at $100 may only cost you $50 when you pay in cash. The average Medicare allowable for services is between $26 and $30 per weighted procedure, bringing a single PT session to a cost of around $100. Clinics usually charge more than the amount allowed by the insurance and write off the difference. As a cash patient, you can negotiate rates with the therapist. Ask for a discount equal to average insurance write offs, and let the company know that you’ll pay cash up front so they can save money in the billing process. A service that is charged at $100 may only cost you $50 when you pay in cash. 1 For example, Baudendistel Physical Therapy charges $100 for an initial evaluation and $75 for each one-hour physical therapy session. 2  Kathe Wallace Physical Therapy in Washington charges $165-$205 for a one-hour initial evaluation, $112 for appointments less than 45 minutes and $150 for a session of 50 to 55 minutes. 1 Physical therapy typically is covered by health insurance when medically necessary. 2  For patients not covered by health insurance, physical therapy typically costs $50-$350 or more per session, depending on the length of the session, the service provided during the session and the provider. 1 Many providers offer discounted packages. 2  For example, Joint Ventures Physical Therapy and Fitness in Massachusetts charges $70 for a half-hour session and $105 for an hour-long session, but offers packages that take $10 off the cost of each session. 1 Physical therapy typically is covered by health insurance when medically necessary. 2  For patients not covered by health insurance, physical therapy typically costs $50-$350 or more per session, depending on the length of the session, the service provided during the session and the provider. 3. Finally, a weighted average of the excess cost per initial visit was calculated by using the share of LUPA initial visits provided by each discipline (skilled nursing (77.8%), physical therapy (21.7%), and speech pathology (0.5%), yielding a LUPA add-on payment amount of $87.93. For instance, if Provider A delivers 100 visits at an average cost of $100 per visit and Provider B delivers 1,000 visits at an average cost of $50 per visit then the simple provider mean of $75 [($100 + $50)/2 = $75] does not account for the fact that Provider B visits are more common in the population. What they found was that across the board, physical therapy was the less costly approach. Initial referral for physical therapy cost $504 on average (for an average 3.8 visits), compared with an average of $1,306 for magnetic resonance imaging (the technology used in almost all of the imaging, according to authors). Even more dramatically, average subsequent costs over the next year were over 66% lower for the patients who began with a physical therapy referral--$1,871, compared with $6,664 charged to the imaging group over the same time period.
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average cost of one physical therapy visit