Manual therapy, 15 min cost in Houston, TX
In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 27 hospitals list a cash price for physical therapy, hands-on manual therapy (15-minute unit): from $27.54 to $395.40, with a median of $112.70. The lowest listed price is at Harris Health and 1 other hospital — $85.16 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $110.70 at 200 hospitals.
- The median here, $112.70, is 18% above the US median of $95.53.
- That is 4.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($27.72).
- Houston, TX has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in Texas with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 6 of 27 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 27 facilities across 14 cities for code 97140, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 3, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 8, 2026.
Lowest$27.54Harris Health + 1 more
Median$112.70half of hospitals charge less
Highest$395.40in this market
Difference14.4×highest vs lowest
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
median
Lowest $27.54Highest $395.40
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Health lowest Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG PT PROC MANUAL THERAPY EA 15 MIN - THERAPIST ONLY+3 more lines at this price File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $27.54 | $140.00 | $35.28–$112.00 | 80% |
| Harris Health lowest Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG PT PROC MANUAL THERAPY EA 15 MIN - THRPY ASSISTANT ONLY+3 more lines at this price File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $27.54 | $140.00 | $35.28–$112.00 | 80% |
| The Community Hospital of Brazosport Lake Jackson, TX · (979) 297-4411 PT MANUAL THERAPY 15 MIN File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $48.65 | $139.00 | $20.85–$255.00 | 65% |
| Liberty Dayton Regional Medical Center Liberty, TX · (936) 336-7316 Manual Therapy Charge Units+3 more lines at this price source file | $71.00 | $102.00 | $61.00–$97.00 | 30% |
| Sweeny Community Hospital Sweeny, TX · (979) 548-3311 Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $78.48 | $130.80 | $39.24–$220.00 | 40% |
| The Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · (713) 790-2221 HC MANUAL THERAPY PER 15 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $100.00 | $200.00 | — | 50% |
| Pam Rehabilitation Hospital of Clear Lake Webster, TX Manual therapy 15 min File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $103.75 | $103.75 | $10.38–$125.00 | — |
| St Luke's Patients Medical Center Pasadena, TX · (281) 487-0700 MANUAL THERAPY EA 15MIN+1 more line at this price File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $109.90 | $314.00 | $41.57–$520.00 | 65% |
| St. Lukes Hospital at the Vintage Houston, TX · (832) 534-5000 HC OT MANUAL THRPY 15 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $112.70 | $322.00 | $41.57–$520.00 | 65% |
| St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX · (281) 637-7000 HC PT MANUAL THRPY 15 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $112.70 | $322.00 | $41.57–$520.00 | 65% |
| CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center Houston, TX · (832) 355-1000 HC PT MANUAL THRPY 15 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $112.70 | $322.00 | $33.59–$383.00 | 65% |
| St Luke's the Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands, TX · (936) 266-4050 HC OT MANUAL THRPY 15 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $112.70 | $322.00 | $41.57–$520.00 | 65% |
| CHI St. Luke's Health Springwood Village Spring, TX · (936) 266-4050 HC OT MANUAL THRPY 15 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $112.70 | $322.00 | $41.57–$520.00 | 65% |
| St Luke's Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands, TX · (936) 266-4055 HC OT MANUAL THRPY 15 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $112.70 | $322.00 | $41.57–$520.00 | 65% |
| The Community Hospital of Brazosport Lake Jackson, TX · (979) 297-4411 PT-LYMPHEDEMA-MANUAL 15MIN+1 more line at this price File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $120.75 | $345.00 | $51.75–$255.00 | 65% |
| PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Katy Houston, TX Manual therapy 15 min File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $159.77 | $159.77 | — | — |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands, TX · (936) 270-2000 HC MANUAL THERAPY PER 15 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $178.00 | $356.00 | — | 50% |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital Nassau Bay, TX · (281) 333-5503 HC MANUAL THERAPY PER 15 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $178.00 | $356.00 | — | 50% |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital Katy, TX HC MANUAL THERAPY PER 15 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $178.00 | $356.00 | — | 50% |
| Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown, TX · (281) 420-8600 HC MANUAL THERAPY PER 15 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $178.00 | $356.00 | — | 50% |
| Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX · (281) 274-8000 HC MANUAL THERAPY PER 15 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $178.00 | $356.00 | — | 50% |
| Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston, TX · (281) 477-1000 HC MANUAL THERAPY PER 15 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $178.00 | $356.00 | — | 50% |
| Methodist West Houston Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 522-1000 HC MANUAL THERAPY PER 15 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $178.00 | $356.00 | — | 50% |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital Cypress, TX · (346) 618-1506 HC MANUAL THERAPY PER 15 MINS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $178.00 | $356.00 | — | 50% |
| PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Sugar Land Sugar Land, TX Manual therapy 15 min File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $179.00 | $179.00 | $17.07–$152.15 | — |
| The Womans Hospital of Texas Houston, TX · (713) 790-1234 Manual therapy techniques (eg, mobilization/ manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage, manual traction), 1 or more regions, each 15 minutes File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $293.56 | $293.56 | $27.31–$180.60 | — |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland Houston, TX · (713) 770-7000 Manual therapy techniques (eg, mobilization/ manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage, manual traction), 1 or more regions, each 15 minutes File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $347.24 | $347.24 | $27.31–$151.07 | — |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center Houston, TX · (713) 527-5019 Manual therapy techniques (eg, mobilization/ manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage, manual traction), 1 or more regions, each 15 minutes File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $395.40 | $395.40 | $27.31–$151.07 | — |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Outpatient: lowest $27.54, median $112.70, highest $395.40 — a 14.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 22 facilities here, median $112.70. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 13 of 17 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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