Manual therapy, 15 min cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 12 hospitals list a cash price for physical therapy, hands-on manual therapy (15-minute unit): from $29.82 to $303.49, with a median of $56.95. The lowest listed price is at Norton Clark Hospital — $27.13 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $68.50 at 50 hospitals.
- The median here, $56.95, is 40% below the US median of $95.53.
- That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($27.72).
- 1 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 7 cities for code 97140, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Clark Hospital lowest Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB MANUAL THERAPY 15 MIN File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $29.82 | $213.00 | $26.00–$186.38 | 86% |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB MANUAL THERAPY 15 MIN PT File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $31.08 | $222.00 | $26.00–$194.25 | 86% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB MANUAL TX TECH EA 15 MIN OT+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $46.80 | $234.00 | $25.55–$198.90 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB MANUAL THERAPY 15 MIN+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $46.80 | $234.00 | $25.55–$215.75 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB MANUAL TX TECH EA 15 MIN PT+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $46.80 | $234.00 | $25.55–$215.75 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB MANUAL TX TECH EA 15 MIN PT+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $46.80 | $234.00 | $25.55–$215.75 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB MANUAL TX TECH EA 15 MIN PT+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $46.80 | $234.00 | $25.55–$215.75 | 80% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC Pt Manual Thrpy 15 Min File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $67.10 | $159.00 | $25.82–$126.72 | 58% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC Ot Manual Thrpy 15 Min File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $75.96 | $180.00 | $25.82–$143.46 | 58% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 OT MANUAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES 1+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $88.80 | $148.00 | $5.28–$37.71 | 40% |
| Cobalt Rehabilitation Hospital Louisville Clarksville, IN Manual therapy 15 min File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $159.77 | $159.77 | $16.56–$175.00 | — |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $303.49 | $404.65 | $18.07–$809.30 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $303.49 | $404.65 | $26.86–$606.98 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $303.49 | $404.65 | $18.07–$809.30 | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $29.82, median $56.95, highest $303.49 — a 10.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $46.80. 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 11 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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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