Manual therapy, 15 min cost in New York

In New York, 93 hospitals publish a cash price for physical therapy, hands-on manual therapy (15-minute unit): from $26.97 to $351.00, with a median of $83.20. The lowest price is at St Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers (Yonkers). The highest price is 13.0× the lowest.

• The median here, $83.20, is 13% below the US median of $95.53.
• That is 3.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($27.72).
• New York ranks 14th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
• 23 of 93 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

New York law (Public Health Law §2807-k(9-a), as amended in October 2024): uninsured patients with income below 200% of the federal poverty level owe nothing for emergency and medically necessary hospital care; up to 400% they pay on a sliding scale of at most 10% or 20% of what Medicaid would pay. Emergency care is covered for New York residents, other care for people living in the hospital's service area; immigration status does not count. Ask for the Uniform Hospital Financial Assistance form. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 97140. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map